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	30 Nov 1929	30.11.1929		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	01.01.1939		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	04.08.1935		85	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

Production


FILMING BEGAN	February 1961
UK RELEASE	14 August 1961
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England

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