Sailors Three

Sailors Three

86 mins | Comedy, War | Dec. 14, 1940

Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship, HMS Ferocious. However, they soon realise that the vessel they have boarded is not the Ferocious but a German battleship.

Sailors Three

86 mins | Comedy, War | Dec. 14, 1940

Sailors Three
Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship, HMS Ferocious. However, they soon realise that the vessel they have boarded is not the Ferocious but a German battleship.
IMDb rating 5.4
Producers Ealing Studios
Original title Sailors Three
Directors Walter Forde
Writers Austin Melford, Angus MacPhail, John Dighton

Cast

Claude Hulbert

as Llewellyn Davies, 'The Admiral'

Michael Wilding

as Johnny

Carla Lehmann

as Jane

Tommy Trinder

as Tommy Taylor

Jeanne De Casalis

as Mrs. Pilkington

Henry Hewitt

as Prof. Pilkington

John Laurie

as McNab

James Hayter

as Hans

Harold Warrender

as Pilot's Mate

Eric Clavering

as Bartender

John Glyn-Jones

as Best Man

Julian Vedey

as Resident of Tangier

John Wengraf

as German Captain

Manning Whiley

as German Commdr.

Victor Fairley

as German Petty Officer

Robert Rendel

as British Captain

Allan Jeayes

as British Commdr.

Alec Clunes

as British Pilot

Derek Elphinstone

as British Observer

Jonny Bloor

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Harold Coyne

as Sailor (uncredited)

E. V. H. Emmett

as Newsreel Commentator (voice)

Danny Green

as Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)

Bryan Herbert

as Petty Officer on HMS Ferocious (uncredited)

Olaf Olsen

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Tao Porchon

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Johnnie Schofield

as Officer Reading Heliograph Message (uncredited)