We Joined the Navy
| We Joined the Navy | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Wendy Toye |
| Produced by | Daniel Angel |
| Starring | Kenneth More |
| Music by | Ron Grainer |
| Cinematography |
Otto Heller (CinemaScope) |
Production company |
Dial [Angel Productions] Associated British Picture Corporation |
| Distributed by | Warner-Pathé Distributors |
Release date | 29 November 1962 (London premiere) |
Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
We Joined the Navy is a 1962 British comedy film produced by Daniel M. Angel and directed by Wendy Toye which stars Kenneth More, Lloyd Nolan, Joan O'Brien, Derek Fowlds, Graham Crowden, Esma Cannon and John Le Mesurier. It was based on the novel of the same name by John Winton a former RN Lieutenant Commander.
The film was shot on location in Villefranche-sur-Mer, near Nice and Monaco, on board the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and the USS Springfield as well as ABPC Elstree Studios.[1]
In addition to the credited cast, there were uncredited cameos from Michael Bentine, Sidney James, Rodney Bewes and Dirk Bogarde (in a gag reference to his Doctor series role, Simon Sparrow).
Plot
Lieutenant Commander Robert Badger is an excellent naval officer with one major problem. He speaks the truth at the most inopportune times that lead him to being transferred from ship, to shore, and then to instruct at Royal Naval College. When his remarks are repeated by one of his students to his father, an anti-military Member of Parliament he has one last chance. He and three problem Midshipmen are sent as exchange officers to the flagship of the United States Sixth Fleet. Their antics set back Anglo-American relations until they go ashore to a nation in a midst of a revolution.
Cast
- Kenneth More as Lieutenant Commander Robert Badger
- Lloyd Nolan as Vice Admiral Ryan
- Joan O'Brien as Lieutenant Carol Blair
- Mischa Auer as Colonel & President
- Jeremy Lloyd as Dewberry Jr.
- Dinsdale Landen as Bowles
- Derek Fowlds as Carson
- Denise Warren as Collette
- John Le Mesurier as George Dewberry Sr.
- Lally Bowers as Mrs. Cynthia Dewberry, his wife
- Laurence Naismith as Admiral Blake
- Andrew Cruickshank as Admiral Filmer
- Walter Fitzgerald as Admiral Thomas
- John Phillips as Rear Admiral
- Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Commander Royal Navy
- Arthur Lovegrove as Chief Petty Officer Froud
- Brian Wilde as Petty Officer Gilors
- David Warner as Sailor Painting Ship
- John Barrard as Consul
- Sean Kelly as Sinjett
- Marie France as Francoise
- Alexis Kanner as Gerrit
- Warren Mitchell as 'Honest' Marcel
- Kenneth Griffith as Orator
- Neil McCarthy as the Sergeant
- Tutte Lemkow as the Corporal
DVD
A Region 2 DVD of We Joined the Navy was released by Network on 16 February 2015. The disc features a 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer.
References
- ↑ Kenneth More, More or Less, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1978, p.188
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