The Bulldog Breed

Synopsis

Norman Puckle, 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.

Main Cast

Norman Wisdom

Norman

Age : 95 | Popularity : 3%

Ian Hunter

Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth

Age : 75 | Popularity : 7%

David Lodge

Chief Petty Officer Knowles

Age : 82 | Popularity : 4%

John Le Mesurier

Prosecuting counsel

Age : 71 | Popularity : 3%

Terence Alexander

Defending Counsel

Age : 86 | Popularity : 3%

Michael Caine

Sailor in Cinema Fight

Age : 91 | Popularity : 60%

Oliver Reed

Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight

Age : 61 | Popularity : 18%

Robert Urquhart

Cmdr. Clayton

Age : 73 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Crew	Cinematography	Jack Asher
Writing	Screenplay	Jack Davies Norman Wisdom Henry Blyth
Directing	Director	Robert Asher
Department	Role	Name

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