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The Bulldog Breed
The Bulldog Breed is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Robert Asher and starring Norman Wisdom. It was written by Henry Blyth, Jack Davies and Wisdom.
Norman Puckle, a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, cannot seem to do anything right. After being rejected by the love of his life, he attempts suicide, but 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 will meet "lots of girls".
Life in the Navy proves not to be as rosy as described, and Puckle fails at every task during basic training. Despite this, he is 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.
Puckle's training is shambolic at every stage and he is eventually court-martialled, but successfully pleads for a final chance to prove himself. By accident, he takes the place of an astronaut and leaves Earth in the rocket. He manages to crash-land on a Pacific island and ends up in the arms of a compliant local maiden.
Norman Wisdom had just made his first movie outside the Rank Organisation, There Was a Crooked Man, then returned to Rank to make this movie with his regular producer, Hugh Stewart, and director, Bob Asher.
Filming started 4 July 1960 at Weymouth. The film features early appearances by Michael Caine and Oliver Reed. Future Coronation Street actors Johnny Briggs and William Roache also had small roles.
The film was made with co-operation from the Royal Navy, and features several of the Type 14 Blackwood-class frigates. An early scene shows a flotilla of these sailing out of Portland harbour, led by HMS Murray (F91).
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A naval farce which ought never to have put to sea. The best scene finds Norman Wisdom imprisoned in an over-inflated diving-suit. It is also, perhaps, the only genuinely funny scene."
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The Bulldog Breed
The Bulldog Breed is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Robert Asher and starring Norman Wisdom. It was written by Henry Blyth, Jack Davies and Wisdom.
Norman Puckle, a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, cannot seem to do anything right. After being rejected by the love of his life, he attempts suicide, but 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 will meet "lots of girls".
Life in the Navy proves not to be as rosy as described, and Puckle fails at every task during basic training. Despite this, he is 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.
Puckle's training is shambolic at every stage and he is eventually court-martialled, but successfully pleads for a final chance to prove himself. By accident, he takes the place of an astronaut and leaves Earth in the rocket. He manages to crash-land on a Pacific island and ends up in the arms of a compliant local maiden.
Norman Wisdom had just made his first movie outside the Rank Organisation, There Was a Crooked Man, then returned to Rank to make this movie with his regular producer, Hugh Stewart, and director, Bob Asher.
Filming started 4 July 1960 at Weymouth. The film features early appearances by Michael Caine and Oliver Reed. Future Coronation Street actors Johnny Briggs and William Roache also had small roles.
The film was made with co-operation from the Royal Navy, and features several of the Type 14 Blackwood-class frigates. An early scene shows a flotilla of these sailing out of Portland harbour, led by HMS Murray (F91).
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A naval farce which ought never to have put to sea. The best scene finds Norman Wisdom imprisoned in an over-inflated diving-suit. It is also, perhaps, the only genuinely funny scene."