The Bulldog Breed

The Bulldog Breed

97 mins | Comedy | Dec. 13, 1960

Norman Puckle (Norman Wisdom), 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.

The Bulldog Breed

97 mins | Comedy | Dec. 13, 1960

The Bulldog Breed
Norman Puckle (Norman Wisdom), 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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers The Rank Organisation
Original title The Bulldog Breed
Directors Robert Asher
Writers Henry Blyth, Norman Wisdom, Jack Davies

Cast

Norman Wisdom

as Norman

Ian Hunter

as Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth

David Lodge

as Chief Petty Officer Knowles

John Le Mesurier

as Prosecuting counsel

Terence Alexander

as Defending Counsel

Michael Caine

as Sailor in Cinema Fight (uncredited)

Oliver Reed

as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)

Robert Urquhart

as Cmdr. Clayton

Edward Chapman

as Mr. Philpots

Liz Fraser

as NAAFI Girl

Penny Morrell

as Marlene Barlow

Claire Gordon

as Peggy - Girl in Bar

Julie Shearing

as WRN Smith

Sheila Hancock

as Doris

Rosamund Lesley

as Peggy