We Joined the Navy

Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away.

5.6

105 min

Cast

Kenneth More

as Lt. Cmdr. Robert Badger

Lloyd Nolan

as Vice Admiral Ryan

Joan O'Brien

as Lt. Carol Blair

Derek Fowlds

as Carson

John Le Mesurier

as George Dewberry Sr.

Brian Wilde

as Petty Officer Gilors

Warren Mitchell

as 'Honest' Marcel

Wanda Ventham

as Dartmouth Girl

Sidney James

as Dance Instructor

Mischa Auer

as Colonel & President

Paul Maxwell

as Commander Spelling U.S.N.

Nicholas Stuart

as Captain Hurley U.S.N.

Sean Kelly

as Simpson

Alexis Kanner

as Garrett

Robin Hawdon

as Williams

John Barrard

as Consul

Esma Cannon

as Consul's Wife

Kenneth Griffith

as Orator

Marie France Dousset

as Françoise

Michael Kilgarriff

as Claude

Robert Nichols

as Bill

Neil McCarthy

as Sergeant

Tutte Lemkow

as Corporal

Lally Bowers

as Mrs. Dewberry

Laurence Naismith

as Admiral Blake

Andrew Cruickshank

as Admiral Filmer

Walter Fitzgerald

as Admiral Thomas

Ronald Leigh-Hunt

as Commander R.N.

Arthur Lovegrove

as C.P.O. Froud

Jeremy Lloyd

as The Midshipman/Dewberry

Dinsdale Landen

as The Midshipman/Bowles

Michael Bentine

as Psychologist

Rodney Bewes

as Recruitment Interviewee (uncredited)

Dirk Bogarde

as Dr. Simon Sparrow (uncredited)

Peter Brace

as Leather Jacket Rebel (uncredited)

Robert Cawdron

as Marcel's Bar Patron (uncredited)

Graham Crowden

as Naval Officer (uncredited)

Andrew Sachs

as Short-Changed US Seaman

Ian Selby

as Shocked Man in Cafe (uncredited)

Guy Standeven

as American Naval Officer (uncredited)

Richard Vernon

as Government Official at Enquiry (uncredited)

David Warner

as Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)

John Phillips

as Rear Admiral

Director

Wendy Toye