The Bulldog Breed

Dec 13, 1960

1h 37m

★ 5.8

From The Army's Funniest Private...To The Navy's Most Riotous Seaman!

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

The Rank Organisation

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Cast

Ordinary Seaman Norman Puckle

Norman Wisdom

Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth

Ian Hunter

Chief Petty Officer Knowles

David Lodge

Commander Clayton

Robert Urquhart

Mr. Philpots

Edward Chapman

Petty Officer Filkins

Eddie Byrne

Diving Instructor

Peter Jones

Prosecuting Counsel

John Le Mesurier

Defending Counsel

Terence Alexander

Speedboat Owner

Sydney Tafler

Bert Ainsworth

Brian Oulton

Streaky Hopkinson

Harold Goodwin

The film revolves around Mohsen (Mahmoud Zulfikar), who secretly marries Qamar (Camelia) without his aristocratic family knowing about his marriage. One day, his father asks him to come home because he has chosen the daughter of a fish merchant to be his wife to save the family from bankruptcy. For Mohsen and Qamar's marriage not to be exposed, Qamar is forced to travel as a nanny to work for Mohsen's father. From the moment she is appointed, all the men in the house begin to pursue her to express their admiration for her.

6.5

The Square Peg

Dec 4, 1958

Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when they come into conflict with the military. Shortly afterwards, they get drafted and fall into the clutches of the Sergeant they have just bested. They are sent to France to repair roads in front of the Allied advance but get captured. Pitkin takes advantage of a useful similarity to impersonate General Schreiber and manages to return a hero

7.4

A Stitch in Time

Dec 1, 1963

An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal amount of chaos, Pitkin finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. Pitkin decides to help.

6.1

Follow a Star

Jan 1, 1959

Norman Truscott is a store worker who dreams of stardom. Vernon Carew is a singer whose star is fading. Vernon manages to get a recording of Norman singing and passes it off as himself.

6.0

Just My Luck

Nov 14, 1957

Norman works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dresser across the road from his workshop. He wants to buy her a diamond pendant but calculates it will take him over 100 years to save up for it. He is talked into betting a pound on a six horse accumulator at the Goodwood races with a slightly shady bookmaker. When he has won on the first five races, the bookie owes him over 16,000 pounds and everyone begins to worry. Everyone's future depends on a single race ... what can be done ?

6.5

Man of the Moment

Nov 24, 1955

Norman is a file clerk who accidentally becomes a British delegate to a diplomatic conference, befriends the queen of a remote island, and winds up a knight. Norman leaves rooms in shambles, tailors in shreds, and diplomats in bandages. Chased by gunmen and assassins of foreign powers, Norman finds himself running through active TV studio sets and interrupts various programs and performances in progress

7.7

On the Beat

Dec 11, 1962

Norman Pitkin wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst others). One day he gets out his father's old uniform and "walks the beat". This leads to a level of chaos that only Pitkin could cause

6.1

One Good Turn

Jan 4, 1955

Norman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the orphans are very happy and well cared for. The adventures start when a nasty property developer who is also the chairman of the orphanage board wants to close the orphanage and build a factory on the site. The children are sent to Brighton for the day and Norman is very excited because he's "Never seen the Sea". When they get back they discover the plan to close the orphanage and have to decide what to do

6.1

Trouble in Store

Dec 14, 1953

Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't he always !!), he wants to be a window dresser making up the public displays. Whilst trying to fulfill his ambition, he falls in love (doesn't he always !!), with one of the shopgirls. Together they discover a plot to rob the store and, somehow, manage to foil the robbers.

6.3

Up in the World

Dec 6, 1956

Norman is a window cleaner who has to clean a manor house with hundreds of windows. He is distracted by the son of the house who persuades him to go into town. When some villains try and kidnap the young heir Norman fights them off but the heir has banged his head and can't remember Norman's heroic stand

8.0

Sanjuro

Jan 1, 1962

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.

7.7

Harvey

Dec 4, 1950

The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, a comedy of errors ensues. Elwood and Harvey become the catalysts for a family mending its wounds and for romance blossoming in unexpected places.

7.4

Hobson's Choice

Apr 19, 1954

A widower refuses to let his three daughters marry in order to avoid paying settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.