
"From The Army's Funniest Private...To The Navy's Most Riotous Seaman!"
Norman Puckle, a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, can't seem to do anything right. After being rejected by Marlene, the love of his life, he attempts suicide, but can't even do that. He is saved from jumping off a cliff at 'Lover's Leap' by a Royal Navy petty officer. He persuades Puckle to join the Royal Navy, where he'll meet 'lots of girls'. Life in the Navy proves not to be as rosy as it's been described, and Puckle fails at every task during basic training. But despite this, he's regarded by the Admiral in charge of a rocket project to be a 'typical average British sailor', and chosen to be the first man to fly into outer space in an experimental rocket.
Ordinary Seaman Norman Puckle

Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth

Chief Petty Officer Knowles

Commander Clayton

Mr. Philpots

Petty Officer Filkins

Diving Instructor

Prosecuting Counsel

Defending Counsel

Speedboat Owner

Bert Ainsworth

Streaky Hopkinson

Johnny Nolan

Mr. Carruthers

Tall Sailor

NAAFI Girl

Miss Marlene Barlow

Blonde on Yacht

WRN Smith
Bosun the Dog
Briggs (uncredited)

Prisoner Escort (uncredited)
Commander (uncredited)
Sailor in Cinema Fight (uncredited)

Sailor (uncredited)
Sailor (uncredited)
Jimmy (uncredited)

Sailor (uncredited)
Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited)

New Dalton's Boy (uncredited)

Sailor on Bridge of Warship (uncredited)

Man in Cinema Queue (uncredited)
Sailor (uncredited)
Doris (uncredited)

Girl in Cinema Queue (uncredited)

Gym Instructor (uncredited)

Prisoner Escort (uncredited)

Peggy (uncredited)
Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)

Sailor (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Physical Training Instructor (uncredited)

Commander (uncredited)
Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)

Space Centre Operator (uncredited)

Yachtsman (uncredited)

Instructor's Assistant (uncredited)
Sailor (uncredited)
Polynesian Girl (uncredited)
Naval Officer (uncredited)