Movielogr
The Baby and the Battleship (1956)
Directed by Jay Lewis
Overview
After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails he enlists the help of best mate Puncher Roberts to smuggle the child aboard. But babies are surprisingly demanding and gradually the whole crew is drawn into helping keep it fed and washed - and undiscovered. Even so, the officers above deck start to puzzle over the increasingly strange happenings on board.
Length 96 minutes
Actors
John Mills | Richard Attenborough | André Morell | Bryan Forbes | Michael Hordern | Ernest Clark | Harry Locke | Lionel Jeffries | John Le Mesurier | Ferdy Mayne | Kenneth Griffith | Gordon Jackson | Martyn Garrett | Lisa Gastoni | Norma Donaldson