Sailor Beware

Sailor Beware (1956)

A RIOT OF A COMEDY

Battle-axe Emma Hornett dominates her hen-pecked husband Henry, his meek sister Edie and daughter Shirley. Shirley is to marry young sailor Albert,raised in an orphanage,and he and best man Carnoustie stay with the Hornetts on the eve of the wedding.

Date of release
1956-09-04
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 21m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Gordon Parry

Casting

Interesting facts

Sailor Beware! is a 1956 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton and Ronald Lewis. It was written by Philip King and Falkland Cary adapted from their 1955 stage play of the same name. It was released in the United States by Distributors Corporation of America in 1957 as Panic in the Parlor.

Production

John Woolf bought the screen rights for $56,000. In late 1958 Woolf bought the rights to the sequel Hornet's Nest for $70,000 but it was not made. Shirley Eaton was borrowed from Alex Korda.

It was shot at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director Norman G. Arnold.

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