Main title from Sailors Three (1940)

Sailors Three

(1940)

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| Film | United Kingdom | B&W | Comedy, War | 1h 26min |
U
| Stars: Tommy Trinder, Claude Hulbert, Carla Lehmann | Director: Walter Forde

Drunken sailors capture a German battleship by mistake

Cast

(28)
British comedy actor, Tommy Trinder
Tommy Taylor
Photograph of British actor, Claude Hulbert, from the 1935 film The Butter and Egg Man (1)
Admiral
Carla Lehmann
Jane
British actor Michael Wilding wears a jacket and tie
Johnny
James Hayter
Hans
Jeanne De Casalis
Mrs Pilkington
Henry Hewitt
Prof Pilkington
Brian Fitzpatrick
Digby
John Laurie
McNab
Harold Warrender
Pilot’s Mate
Eric Clavering
Bartender
John Glyn-Jones
Best Man
Julian Vedey
Resident of Tangier
John Wengraf
German Capt
Manning Whiley
German Commdr
Victor Fairley
German Petty Officer
Death at Broadcasting House (1934) opening credits (12)
Robert Rendel
British Capt
Allan Jeayes
British Commdr
Classical British actor, Alec Clunes, in a photograph by Welsh photographer Angus McBean
British Pilot
Derek Elphinstone
British Observer
Jonny Bloor
Minor Role
Harold Coyne
Sailor
E VH Emmett
Newsreel Commentator
Danny Green
Nightclub Bouncer
Bryan Herbert
Petty Officer on HMS Ferocious
Olaf Olsen
Minor Role
Tao Porchon
Minor Role
Johnnie Schofield
Officer Reading Heliograph Message
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Reviews

(1)

Low service comedy that keeps moving, is brightly played and reaches a good standard. (Halliwell’s)

See also

Pictures

(1)
Main title from Sailors Three (1940)

Production

(6)
Walter Forde
Director
Michael Balcon
Producer
Angus MacPhail
Writer / Writer (screenplay) / Writer (story)
Austin Melford
Writer / Writer (screenplay)
John Dighton
Writer (screenplay)
Gordon Wellesley
Writer (story)

Companies

(3)
Ealing Studios
Production company
Associated British Film Distributors (A.B.F.D.)
Distribution company
Ealing Distribution
Distribution company