We Joined the Navy

5.556

105 minutes

5/17/1963

Overview

Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away.

Cast List

Kenneth More
as Lt. Cmdr. Robert Badger
Lloyd Nolan
as Vice Admiral Ryan
Joan O'Brien
as Lt. Carol Blair
Derek Fowlds
as Carson
John Le Mesurier
as George Dewberry Sr.
Brian Wilde
as Petty Officer Gilors
Warren Mitchell
as 'Honest' Marcel
Wanda Ventham
as Dartmouth Girl
Sid James
as Dance Instructor
Mischa Auer
as Colonel & President
Paul Maxwell
as Commander Spelling U.S.N.
Nicholas Stuart
as Captain Hurley U.S.N.
Sean Kelly
as Simpson
Alexis Kanner
as Garrett
Robin Hawdon
as Williams
John Barrard
as Consul
Esma Cannon
as Consul's Wife
Kenneth Griffith
as Orator
Marie France Dousset
as Françoise
Michael Kilgarriff
as Claude
Robert Nichols
as Bill
Neil McCarthy
as Sergeant
Tutte Lemkow
as Corporal
Lally Bowers
as Mrs. Dewberry
Laurence Naismith
as Admiral Blake
Andrew Cruickshank
as Admiral Filmer
Walter Fitzgerald
as Admiral Thomas
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
as Commander R.N.
Arthur Lovegrove
as C.P.O. Froud
Jeremy Lloyd
as The Midshipman/Dewberry
Dinsdale Landen
as The Midshipman/Bowles
Michael Bentine
as Psychologist
Rodney Bewes
as Recruitment Interviewee (uncredited)
Dirk Bogarde
as Dr. Simon Sparrow (uncredited)
Peter Brace
as Leather Jacket Rebel (uncredited)
Robert Cawdron
as Marcel's Bar Patron (uncredited)
Graham Crowden
as Naval Officer (uncredited)
Bill Hibbert
as Revolutionary (uncredited)
Andrew Sachs
as Short-Changed US Seaman
Ian Selby
as Shocked Man in Cafe (uncredited)
Guy Standeven
as American Naval Officer (uncredited)
Richard Vernon
as Government Official at Enquiry (uncredited)
David Warner
as Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
John Phillips
as Rear Admiral