Watch it Sailor

A sailor named Albert is late for his own wedding, but a bigger problem occurs when he gets a message from the Navy saying that for legal reason he can’t get married. Everyone jumps to conclusions and thinks there’s another woman.

Production Details

Columbia Pictures Corporation Presents – A Hammer film production
Copyright MCMLX by Merlin Film Company – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate

The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional

Based on the play of the same title by Falkland L Cary and Philip King

Produced at Bray Studios, England
RCA Sound Recording

Black & White 81 mins

Filming Began: February 1961
UK Release: 14th August 1961

Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire

Stills from film

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Cast & Crew

Red = Uncredited


Crew	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Art Director	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/don-mingaye/#	32	1929		8 Nov 2017	88	28	15	43
Assistant Director	John Peverall	30	1931		3 Oct 2009	78	21		21
Associate Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-nelson-keys/#	49	13 Nov 1911		19 Mar 1985	73	41		41
Camera Operator	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/len-harris/#	45	19 May 1916		21 Feb 1995	78	53	2	55
Casting	Stuart Lyons	33	1928		23 Feb 1998	70	8		8
Clapper Loader	Alan McDonald	23	1938	01.01.1938		86		14	14
Continuity	Tilly Day	58	1903		1994	91	14	1	15
Director	Wolf Rilla	41	16 Mar 1920		19 Oct 2005	85	1		1
Director of Photography	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/arthur-grant/#	46	1915		1972	57	33		33
Editor	Alfred Cox	36	1925		2005	80	21	4	25
Executive Producer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-carreras/#	33	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	84	8	92
Focus Puller	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/harry-oakes/#	40	16 Jan 1921		11 Dec 2012	91		53	53
Hair Stylist	Frieda Steiger	57	29 Dec 1903		19 Aug 1993	89	28		28
Harmonica	Tommy Reilly	42	21 Aug 1919		25 Sep 2000	81	1		1
Make-up Artist	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/roy-ashton/#	52	16 Apr 1909		10 Jan 1995	85	36	4	40
Music	Horatio Nicholls	73	15 Feb 1888		19 May 1964	76	1		1
Music	Douglas Gamley	37	24 Sep 1924		5 Feb 1998	73	3		3
Musical Supervisor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/john-hollingsworth/#	45	20 Mar 1916		29 Dec 1963	47	37	3	40
Producer	Maurice Cowan	70	30 Mar 1891		Apr 1974	83	1		1
Production Designer	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/bernard-robinson/#	49	28 Jul 1912		2 Mar 1970	57	45	4	49
Production Manager	Clifford Parkes	32	10 Jul 1928		20.11.2014	87	12		12
Screenplay	Falkland Carey	64	2 Jan 1897		7 Apr 1989	92	1		1
Screenplay	Philip King	56	30 Oct 1904		9 Feb 1979	74	1		1
Singer	The Dallas Boys						1		1
Song Writer	Tommie Connor	56	16 Nov 1904		28 Nov 1993	89	1		1
Sound Editor	Alban Streeter	31	1930	01.01.1930		94	7		7
Sound Recordist	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jock-may/#	56	1905		8 Jan 1991	86	30	1	31
Sound Recordist	Ken Cameron	45	1 Dec 1915		8 Aug 2000	84	8	2	10
Supervising Editor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/#	41	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Wardrobe Mistress	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/rosemary-burrows/#						36	5	41
Wardrobe Supervisor	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/molly-arbuthnot/#	52	19 Dec 1908		31 Oct 2001	92	48	5	53

Cast	Name	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Credits	Uncredited	Total Hammer
Albert	John Meillon	27	1 May 1934		10 Aug 1989	55	1		1
Aunt Edie	Irene Handl	59	27 Dec 1901		29 Nov 1987	85	2		2
Barmaid	Diane Aubrey	22	1939	01.01.1939		85	1	1	2
Cab Driver	Jerry Verno	66	26 Jul 1895		29 Jun 1975	79	1	1	2
Captain	William Mervyn	49	3 Jan 1912		6 Aug 1976	64	1		1
Carnoustie	Graham Stark	39	20 Jan 1922		29 Oct 2013	91	2		2
Commander	Dennis Price	46	23 Jun 1915		6 Oct 1973	58	5		5
Daphne	Liz Fraser	31	14 Aug 1930		6 Sep 2018	88	1		1
Drunk	Bobby Howes	66	4 Aug 1895		27 Apr 1972	76	1		1
Emma	Marjorie Rhodes	64	8 Apr 1897		4 Jul 1979	82	2		2
Henry	Cyril Smith	69	4 Apr 1892		5 Mar 1963	70	2		2
Lieutenant	David Rendall	32	1929		1999	70	1		1
Man in Station Queue	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/joe-phelps/#							7	7
Mrs Lack	Miriam Karlin	36	23 Jun 1925		3 Jun 2011	85	2		2
Mrs Mottram	Renee Houston	59	24 Jul 1902		9 Feb 1980	77	2		2
Organist	Frankie Howerd	44	6 Mar 1917		19 Apr 1992	75	2		2
Photographer	Tom Gill	45	26 Jul 1916		22 Jul 1971	54	4	1	5
Shirley	Vera Day	26	4 Aug 1935	4.08.1935		89	4		4
Solicitor	Brian Reece	48	24 Jul 1913		12 Apr 1962	48	2		2
Ticket Collector	Harry Locke	48	10 Dec 1912		7 Sep 1987	74	2		2
Vicar	Arthur Howard	51	18 Jan 1910		18 Jun 1995	85	4	1	5
Waiting Room Woman	https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/marianne-stone/#	39	23 Aug 1922		21 Dec 2009	87	9	2	11

Original Poster

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Footnotes

A host of familiar British comedy talent fill out the cast including Irene Handl, Miriam Karlin and Frankie Howerd.

1961 BBFC Cert. “U"

Production Details

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Cast & Crew

Original Poster

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