George is an unwilling civilian during the war. When an enlisted friend switches clothes with him in order to go to a party, George finds himself mistakenly pressed into the navy, where he gets involved with pretty Ann Firth and caught up in a subplot involving German spies.
Cast
George Formby
George Blake
Anne Firth
Pat
Reginald Purdell
Birdie Edwards
Peter Murray-Hill
Shapley
Manning Whiley
Church
Hugh Dempster
White
Dennis Wyndham
Black
Charles Farrell
Jim Bennett
Eliot Makeham
Johnson
Peter Gawthorne
Adm. Sir William Coltham
Jane Welsh
Rita
George Spence
Sailor in Marching Contingent (uncredited)
Crew
Marcel Varnel
Director, Producer
Edward Dryhurst
Screenplay
Peter Fraser
Screenplay
Max Brenner
Editor
Basil Emmott
Director of Photography
Roy Fogwell
Director of Photography
Tom Payne
Assistant Director
George Claff
Makeup Artist
Victor Wilson
Sound Recordist
Harry Bidgood
Music Director
Peter Creswell
Idea
Richard Fisher
Idea
George Provis
Art Direction
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