Windbag the Sailor poster

Windbag the Sailor( 1936)

TV-MAComedy
75%
User
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Overview

Will Hay plays a bragging sea captain whose maritime experience actually extends to navigating a coal barge down inland waterways. His tall tales catch him out when he is co-erced into commanding an unseaworthy ship by an unscrupulous shipping agent who means to have it wrecked. This was the first film to couple Will Hay with both Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Will Hay

      Captain Ben Cutlet

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      Moore Marriott

      Harbottle

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      Norma Varden

      Olivia Potter-Porter

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      Kenneth Warrington

      Yates

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      Dennis Wyndham

      Maryatt

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      Amy Veness

      Emma Harbottle

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      Graham Moffatt

      Albert

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      Peter Gawthorne

      Bit Role (uncredited)

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      George Merritt

      Officer on Yacht

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      Charles Rolfe

      Second Detective

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      Leonard Sharp

      Crew Member

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      Harry Terry

      Crew Member

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      Percy Walsh

      Captain of the 'Rob Roy'

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sat Sep 06 2014
    What shall we do with the drunken sailor? Captain Ben Cutlet likes to spin yarns about all of his (fake) seafaring adventures, one day his false past comes to bite him as he is bluffed into captaining the Rob Roy at sea, the Rob Roy being barely sea worthy and doomed to be wrecked by a crafty shipping agent. Windbag The Sailor is probably most notable for being the first teaming of Will Hay with Moore Marriott & Graham Moffatt, a trio that would go on to make classic British comedies Oh Mr Porter! and Ask A Policeman. Here it's evident that they are finding their way as regards what best ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • sea
    • ship
    • radio
    • tribe
    • scam
    • sailor