Sailors Don't Care (1940)
1h 19m | PG-13
Boat building father and son join the river patrol service and get caught-up in a spy ring.
Director: Oswald Mitchell
Studio: Butcher's Film Service
Genre: Comedy
Video: 720p
Cast
Tom Gamble
as Nobby Clark
Edward Rigby
as Joe Clark
Jean Gillie
as Nancy
Michael Wilding
as Dick
Marion Gerth
as Mimi
Mavis Villiers
as Blondi
Reviews
I'm all for a bit of mindless humour, but there are limits - and this nonsense gets perilously close. Tommy Gamble ("Nobby") was a journeyman stage actor from Manchester who landed this role with the more established Edward Rigby as "Joe" as a father and son team who join a river patrol tasked with thwarting Nazi spies. I suspect the budget was paid for by War Department - it is a really clumsy attempt at morale-boosting with some truly naff music hall style numbers peppered throughout. Keep a look out for Michael Wilding as "Dick", but then again, perhaps it's not worth the bother...