Movie

We Joined the Navy

Released: May 17, 1963 (1963)

Runtime: 105 minutes

Genres: Comedy

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Lloyd Nolan as Vice Admiral Ryan
Age at release: 60
Mischa Auer as Colonel & President
Age at release: 57
John Le Mesurier as George Dewberry Sr.
Age at release: 51
Sidney James as Dance Instructor
Age at release: 50
Kenneth More as Lt. Cmdr. Robert Badger
Age at release: 48
Warren Mitchell as 'Honest' Marcel
Age at release: 37
Brian Wilde as Petty Officer Gilors
Age at release: 35
Joan O'Brien as Lt. Carol Blair
Age at release: 27
Wanda Ventham as Dartmouth Girl
Age at release: 27
Derek Fowlds as Carson
Age at release: 25

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Walter Fitzgerald as Admiral Thomas
Age at release: 66
Esma Cannon as Consul's Wife
Age at release: 57
Andrew Cruickshank as Admiral Filmer
Age at release: 55
Laurence Naismith as Admiral Blake
Age at release: 54
Arthur Lovegrove as C.P.O. Froud
Age at release: 49
Lally Bowers as Mrs. Dewberry
Age at release: 46
Tutte Lemkow as Corporal
Age at release: 44
Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Commander R.N.
Age at release: 42
Paul Maxwell as Commander Spelling U.S.N.
Age at release: 41
Kenneth Griffith as Orator
Age at release: 41
John Barrard as Consul
Age at release: 38
Robert Nichols as Bill
Age at release: 38
Jeremy Lloyd as The Midshipman/Dewberry
Age at release: 32
Neil McCarthy as Sergeant
Age at release: 30
Michael Kilgarriff as Claude
Age at release: 25
Robin Hawdon as Williams
Age at release: 24
Alexis Kanner as Garrett
Age at release: 21
Nicholas Stuart as Captain Hurley U.S.N.
Age at release: Unknown
Sean Kelly as Simpson
Age at release: Unknown
Marie France Dousset as Françoise
Age at release: Unknown