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The Navy Lark from 1959. Film version of the popular BBC radio show about the incompetent crew of a Royal Navy ship. Cast: Cecil Parker as Commander Stanton Ronald Shiner as Chief Petty Officer Banyard Leslie Phillips as Lieutenant Pouter Elvi Hale as Leading WREN Heather Stark Nicholas Phipps as Captain Povey Cardew Robinson as Lieutenant Binns Gordon Jackson as Leading Seaman Johnson Harold Kasket as Gaston Higgins Hattie Jacques as Fortune Teller Reginald Beckwith as CNI Kenneth J. Warren as Brown Wanda Ventham as Mabel Richard Coleman as Lieutenant Bates Llewellyn Rees as Admiral Troutbridge Clive Morton as Rear Admiral Gordon Harris as Group Captain Van Boolen as Fred Gordon Whiting as Commander Tom Gill as Naval Commander Walter Hudd as Naval Captain Directed by: Gordon Parry Written by: Laurie Wyman and Sid Colin Produced by: Herbert Wilcox Cinematography: Gordon Dines Edited by: Basil Warren Music by: Tommy Reilly and James Moody Distributed by: Twentieth Century-Fox Release date: 1959 Runtime: 1 hour 22 minutes Rating: U Converted from 16mm print With many thanks to Fred Vintner at the Navy Lark Appreciation Society for access to the print
