Norman Puckle, a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, can't seem to do anything right. After being rejected by Marlene, the love of his life, he attempts suicide, but can't even do that. He is saved from jumping off a cliff at 'Lover's Leap' by a Royal Navy petty officer. He persuades Puckle to join the Royal Navy, where he'll meet 'lots of girls'. Life in the Navy proves not to be as rosy as it's been described, and Puckle fails at every task during basic training. But despite this, he's regarded by the Admiral in charge of a rocket project to be a 'typical average British sailor', and chosen to be the first man to fly into outer space in an experimental rocket.
as Ordinary Seaman Norman Puckle
as Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth
as Chief Petty Officer Knowles
as Commander Clayton
as Mr. Philpots
as Petty Officer Filkins
as Diving Instructor
as Prosecuting Counsel
as Defending Counsel
as Speedboat Owner
as Bert Ainsworth
as Streaky Hopkinson
as Johnny Nolan
as Mr. Carruthers
as Tall Sailor
as NAAFI Girl
as Miss Marlene Barlow
as Blonde on Yacht
as WRN Smith
as Bosun the Dog
as Briggs (uncredited)
as Prisoner Escort (uncredited)
as Commander (uncredited)
as Sailor in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
as Sailor (uncredited)
as Sailor (uncredited)
as Jimmy (uncredited)
as Sailor (uncredited)
as Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited)
as New Dalton's Boy (uncredited)
as Sailor on Bridge of Warship (uncredited)
as Man in Cinema Queue (uncredited)
as Sailor (uncredited)
as Doris (uncredited)
as Girl in Cinema Queue (uncredited)
as Gym Instructor (uncredited)
as Prisoner Escort (uncredited)
as Peggy (uncredited)
as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
as Sailor (uncredited)
as Audience Member (uncredited)
as Physical Training Instructor (uncredited)
as Commander (uncredited)
as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
as Space Centre Operator (uncredited)
as Yachtsman (uncredited)
as Instructor's Assistant (uncredited)
as Sailor (uncredited)
as Polynesian Girl (uncredited)
as Naval Officer (uncredited)
