Windbag the Sailor
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Directed by | William Beaudine |
Produced by | Michael Balcon |
Written by | Stafford Dickens George Edgar Marriott Edgar Will Hay |
Starring | Will Hay Moore Marriott Graham Moffatt |
Music by | Charles Williams |
Cinematography | Jack E. Cox |
Edited by | R.E. Dearing Terence Fisher |
Distributed by | Gainsborough Pictures |
Release dates
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December 1936 |
Running time
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87 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Windbag the Sailor (1936) is a British comedy film directed by William Beaudine, starring Will Hay in the title role. The film marked the first appearance of the famous team of Hay, Moffatt and Marriott.
Plot
Ben Cutlet (Will Hay) is a sea captain who entertains his bar room audience with tales of his days at sea, although his maritime experience extent is only the navigating of a coal barge. His tall tales catch him out when he is conned into commanding the Rob Roy, an unseaworthy ship, to the West Indies by a gang of criminals who mean to scuttle the ship for the insurance money.
Cast
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- Will Hay as Captain Ben Cutlet
- Moore Marriott as Jerry Harbottle
- Graham Moffatt as Albert
- Norma Varden as Olivia Potter-Porter
- Kenneth Warrington as Yates
- Dennis Wyndham as Jim Maryatt
- Amy Veness as Emma Harbottle
- Leonard Sharp as Crew member
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Windbag the Sailor at IMDb
- Windbag the Sailor is available for free download at the Internet Archive
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- 1930s comedy films
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- British black-and-white films
- Seafaring films
- Gainsborough Pictures films
- Films directed by William Beaudine
- Films produced by Michael Balcon
- 1930s British comedy film stubs