You Know What Sailors Are (1954)
Directed by Ken Annakin
Genres - Comedy |
Sub-Genres - Farce, Military Comedy |
Release Date - Nov 3, 1954 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 89 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
While off on a drunken toot, three British naval officers attach an old baby carriage and a pawnbroker's sign to the stern of a foreign naval vessel. The next morning, a zealous officer spots the curious appendage and comes to the conclusion that the "pram" and sign are actually part of a sophisticated, top-secret radar device. Instantly, the British navy brass demands that their ships be outfitted with the same device -- and so it goes, with one bureaucratic misunderstanding after another snowballing into a major "international incident." You Know What Sailors Are top-bills Akim Tamiroff as the president of a mythical Foreign country, but the film belongs to Donald Sinden as the well-meaning young officer who precipitates the whole affair.
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British, carriage [baby], Navy, ship