You Know What Sailors Are is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Donald Sinden, Michael Hordern, Bill Kerr, Dora Bryan and Akim Tamiroff.[1] The screenplay by Peter Rogers was based on the 1951 novel Sylvester by Edward Hyams. It was shot at Pinewood Studios and on location around the Isle of Portland. The film's sets were designed by the art director George Provis.
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Directed by | Ken Annakin |
Written by | Peter Rogers |
Based on | Sylvester by Edward Hyams |
Produced by | Peter Rogers Julian Wintle |
Starring | Donald Sinden Akim Tamiroff Sarah Lawson |
Cinematography | Reginald H. Wyer |
Edited by | Alfred Roome |
Music by | Malcolm Arnold |
Production company | Group Film Productions |
Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Three British naval officers out on a drunken spree attach a pram and a pawnbroker's sign to the stern of a foreign naval ship. The next morning, an officer misinterprets the pram and sign as state of the art, top-secret radar equipment. Instantly, the British navy decrees that their ships be fitted with the same device. Thereafter, bureaucratic misunderstandings escalate into a major international incident.
TV Guide wrote, "beautiful women fill the screen at frequent intervals in this amiable comedy";[2] and AllMovie wrote, "You Know What Sailors Are top-bills Akim Tamiroff as the president of a mythical Foreign country, but the film belongs to Donald Sinden as the well-meaning young officer who precipitates the whole affair."[3]
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