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
Richard Attenborough | André Morell | John Mills | John Le Mesurier | Ferdy Mayne | Lionel Jeffries | Bryan Forbes | Michael Hordern | Gordon Jackson | Kenneth Griffith | Norma Donaldson | Harry Locke | Lisa Gastoni | Ernest Clark | Martyn Garrett