Rent You Know What Sailors Are (1954)
3.0 of 5 from 47 ratings
1h 25min
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- Synopsis:
Lieutenant Sylvester Green (Donald Sinden) is making his crooked way shipwards with a couple of Naval colleagues after a night's drinking, and along the way, they collect an old pram and three brass balls from a pawnbroker's shop. Passing the foreign vessel Agraria on the dock, they notice some welding equipment and decide to have some fun. They attach the junk to the Agraria and paint it Naval grey. The next morning, when Green unsteadily arises, his commanding officer has noticed the mysterious new equipment, and trying to avoid exposure, Green identifies it confidently as a "998". From then on, things only get more confused, and soon everyone in the Navy wants to know why this foreign ship has more up-to-date radar than they do. Green is coincidentally seconded to the Agraria as a radar instructor and soon (through the magical power of coincidence) the Agrarians (and everyone else) believe it is a powerful secret weapon. Green is held prisoner in the rather pleasant environment of... - Actors:
- Akim Tamiroff, Donald Sinden, Sarah Lawson, Naunton Wayne, Bill Kerr, Dora Bryan, Martin Miller, Michael Shepley, Michael Hordern, Ferdy Mayne, Bryan Coleman, Cyril Chamberlain, Hal Osmond, Peter Arne, Sara Leighton, Janet Richards, Eileen Sands, Marianne Stone, Peter Dyneley, Peter Martyn
- Directors:
- Ken Annakin
- Producers:
- Peter Rogers, Julian Wintle
- Writers:
- Edward Hyams, Peter Rogers
- Studio:
- ITV
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy
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