Watch it, Sailor! – 1961

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
Produced at Bray Studios, England
RCA Sound Recording
Black & White 81 mins
Storyline
A sailor returns home to marry his fiancée, but runs into a series of farcical situations.
Crew
Function | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits |
Art Director | Don Mingaye | 32 | 1929 | 8 Nov 2017 | 88 | 25 |
Assistant Director | John Peverall | 40 | 1921 | 3 Oct 2009 | 88 | 20 |
Associate Producer | Anthony Nelson-Keys | 49 | 13 Nov 1911 | 19 Mar 1985 | 73 | 41 |
Camera Operator | Len Harris | 44 | 19 May 1916 | 21 Feb 1995 | 78 | 52 |
Casting | Stuart Lyons | 33 | 1928 | 23 Feb 1998 | 70 | 8 |
Continuity | Tilly Day | 58 | 1 Jan 1903 | 1 Jan 1994 | 91 | 12 |
Directed by | Wolf Rilla | 40 | 16 Mar 1920 | 19 Oct 2005 | 85 | 1 |
Director of Photography | Arthur Grant, BSc | 46 | 1915 | 1972 | 57 | 30 |
Editor | Alfred Cox | 1925 | 2005 | 80 | 21 | |
ExecutiveProducer | Michael Carreras | 33 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 83 |
Hair Stylist | Frieda Steiger | 28 | ||||
Harmonica played by | Tommy Reilly | 41 | 21 Aug 1919 | 25 Sep 2000 | 81 | 1 |
Make-up Artist | Roy Ashton | 51 | 16 Apr 1909 | 10 Jan 1995 | 85 | 36 |
Music by | Douglas Gamley | 36 | 24 Sep 1924 | 5 Feb 1998 | 73 | 3 |
Music by | Horatio Nicholls | 1 | ||||
Musical Supervisor | John Hollingsworth | 44 | 20 Mar 1916 | 29 Dec 1963 | 47 | 36 |
Produced by | Maurice Cowan | 69 | 20 Mar 1891 | 1 Apr 1974 | 83 | 1 |
Production Designer | Bernard Robinson | 48 | 28 Jul 1912 | 2 Mar 1970 | 57 | 46 |
Production Manager | Clifford Parkes | 12 | ||||
Screenplay by | Falkland Carey | 63 | 2 Jan 1897 | 7 Apr 1989 | 92 | 1 |
Screenplay by | Philip King | 56 | 30 Oct 1904 | 9 Feb 1979 | 74 | 1 |
Sound Editor | Alban Streeter | 31 | 1930 | Living | 91 | 7 |
Sound Recordists | Jock May | 56 | 1905 | 8 Jan 1991 | 86 | 29 |
Sound Recordists | Ken Cameron | 45 | 1 Dec 1915 | 8 Aug 2000 | 84 | 8 |
Supervising Editor | James Needs | 41 | 17 Oct 1919 | 2003 | 83 | 111 |
The Song “Watch it Sailor” sung by | The Dallas Boys | |||||
Words by | Tommie Connor | 56 | 16 Nov 1904 | 28 Nov 1993 | 89 | 1 |
Wardrobe Mistress | Rosemary Burrows | 36 | ||||
Wardrobe Supervisor | Molly Arbuthnot | 52 | 19 Dec 1908 | 1 Nov 2001 | 92 | 48 |
Cast
Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Appearances |
Albert | John Meillon | 26 | 1 May 1934 | 10 Aug 1989 | 55 | 1 |
Aunt Edie | Irene Handl | 59 | 29 Dec 1901 | 29 Nov 1987 | 85 | 2 |
Barmaid | Diane Aubrey | 22 | 1939 | Living | 82 | 1 |
Cab Driver | Jerry Verno | 65 | 26 Jul 1895 | 29 Jun 1975 | 79 | 1 |
Captain | William Mervyn | 48 | 3 Jan 1912 | 6 Aug 1976 | 64 | 1 |
Carnoustie | Graham Stark | 38 | 20 Jan 1922 | 29 Oct 2013 | 91 | 2 |
Commander | Dennis Price | 45 | 23 Jun 1915 | 6 Oct 1973 | 58 | 5 |
Daphne | Liz Fraser | 30 | 14 Aug 1930 | 6 Sep 2018 | 88 | 1 |
Drunk | Bobby Howes | 65 | 4 Aug 1895 | 27 Apr 1972 | 76 | 1 |
Emma | Marjorie Rhodes | 70 | 9 Apr 1890 | 4 Jul 1979 | 89 | 2 |
Henry | Cyril Smith | 68 | 4 Apr 1892 | 5 Mar 1963 | 70 | 2 |
Lieutenant | David Rendall | 32 | 1929 | 1999 | 70 | 1 |
Mrs Lack | Miriam Karlin | 35 | 23 Jun 1925 | 3 Jun 2011 | 85 | 2 |
Mrs Mottram | Renee Houston | 58 | 24 Jul 1902 | 9 Feb 1980 | 77 | 2 |
Organist | Frankie Howerd | 43 | 6 Mar 1917 | 19 Apr 1992 | 75 | 2 |
Photographer | Tom Gill | 44 | 26 Jul 1916 | 22 Jul 1971 | 54 | 4 |
Shirley | Vera Day | 25 | 4 Aug 1935 | Living | 84 | 4 |
Solicitor | Brian Reece | 47 | 24 Jul 1913 | 12 Apr 1962 | 48 | 2 |
Ticket Collector | Harry Locke | 48 | 10 Dec 1912 | 7 Sep 1987 | 74 | 2 |
Vicar | Arthur Howard | 50 | 18 Jan 1910 | 18 Jun 1995 | 85 | 4 |
Waiting Room Woman | Marianne Stone | 38 | 23 Aug 1922 | 21 Dec 2009 | 87 | 9 |
Footnotes
A host of familiar British comedy talent fill out the cast including Irene Handl, Miriam Karlin and Frankie Howerd.
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection