Watch Your Stern (1960)
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Directors
Gerald Thomas
Cast
Eric Barker, Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Leslie Phillips, Noel Purcell, Sid James
The story
HMS Terrier, a Royal Navy warship, is docked at Chatham Royal Dockyard. The officers are drinking gin and tonics in the captain's quarters while the crew are down below being given casual but technical lectures by Seaman Blissworth, who is very knowledgeable about torpedoes. An American Naval Commander arrives on board to discuss plans for a new "acoustic torpedo".
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comedy film
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