The Baby and the Battleship

September. 30,1957      
Rating:
5.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

John Mills as  Puncher Roberts
Richard Attenborough as  Knocker White
André Morell as  Marshal
Bryan Forbes as  Prof. Evans
Michael Hordern as  Capt. Hugh
Ernest Clark as  Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby
Harry Locke as  CPO Blades
Lionel Jeffries as  George
John Le Mesurier as  The Marshal’s Aide
Ferdy Mayne as  Interpreter

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