The Bulldog Breed

From The Army's Funniest Private...To The Navy's Most Riotous Seaman!

Norman Puckle, a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, can't seem to do anything right. After being rejected by Marlene, the love of his life, he attempts suicide, but can't even do that. He is saved from jumping off a cliff at 'Lover's Leap' by a Royal Navy petty officer. He persuades Puckle to join the Royal Navy, where he'll meet 'lots of girls'. Life in the Navy proves not to be as rosy as it's been described, and Puckle fails at every task during basic training. But despite this, he's regarded by the Admiral in charge of a rocket project to be a 'typical average British sailor', and chosen to be the first man to fly into outer space in an experimental rocket.

Norman Wisdom

(Ordinary Seaman Norman Puckle)

Ian Hunter

(Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth)

David Lodge

(Chief Petty Officer Knowles)

Robert Urquhart

(Commander Clayton)

Edward Chapman

Eddie Byrne

(Petty Officer Filkins)

Peter Jones

(Diving Instructor)

John Le Mesurier

(Prosecuting Counsel)

Terence Alexander

(Defending Counsel)

Sydney Tafler

(Speedboat Owner)

Brian Oulton

(Bert Ainsworth)

Harold Goodwin

(Streaky Hopkinson)

Johnny Briggs

Frank Williams

(Mr. Carruthers)

Joe Robinson

Liz Fraser

Penny Morrell

(Miss Marlene Barlow)

Claire Gordon

(Blonde on Yacht)

Julie Shearing

Bosun

(Bosun the Dog)

John Arnatt

(Briggs (uncredited))

John Bailey

(Prisoner Escort (uncredited))

Alan Beaton

(Commander (uncredited))

Michael Caine

(Sailor in Cinema Fight (uncredited))

Rodney Cardiff

(Sailor (uncredited))

Tony Castleton

(Sailor (uncredited))

Cyril Chamberlain

(Jimmy (uncredited))

Bill Cummings

(Sailor (uncredited))

Roland Curram

(Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited))

Larry Dann

(New Dalton's Boy (uncredited))

Robert Desmond

(Sailor on Bridge of Warship (uncredited))

Chick Fowles

(Man in Cinema Queue (uncredited))

Tex Fuller

(Sailor (uncredited))

Sheila Hancock

(Doris (uncredited))

Imogen Hassall

(Girl in Cinema Queue (uncredited))

Glyn Houston

(Gym Instructor (uncredited))

Roy Lansford

(Prisoner Escort (uncredited))

Rosamund Lesley

(Peggy (uncredited))

Philip Locke

(Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited))

Keith Peacock

(Sailor (uncredited))

Geremy Phillips

(Audience Member (uncredited))

Bryan Pringle

(Physical Training Instructor (uncredited))

Fred Real

(Commander (uncredited))

Oliver Reed

(Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited))

William Roache

(Space Centre Operator (uncredited))

Leonard Sachs

(Yachtsman (uncredited))

Anthony Sagar

(Instructor's Assistant (uncredited))

Arnold Schulkes

(Sailor (uncredited))

Anne Scott

(Polynesian Girl (uncredited))

John Tatham

(Naval Officer (uncredited))