Why Sailors Leave Home (1930)
When their ship arrives in an Arabian port, the sailors are given shore leave among them Bill Biggles, who has previously had little success with women. Visiting a sheik who has long been under obligation to him, Bill is welcomed at the palace, and the polygamous ruler, who has abducted a damsel, decides to absent himself and appoint Bill as his deputy. It seems Bill's luck is set to change dramatically until the wives decide to go on strike!
- Date of release
- 1930-09-01
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Monty Banks
Casting
- Leslie Fuller — Bill Biggles
- Peter Bernard — George
- Eve Gray — Slave Girl
- Gladys Cruickshank — Slave Girl
- Dmitri Vetter — Multhasa
- Frank Melroyd — Captain
- Syd Courtenay — Sheik Sidi Ben
- Lola Harvey — Maya
- Jean Ross — Arab Girl
- Marika Rökk
- Bob Johnson
- Gerard Lyley
Interesting facts
Why Sailors Leave Home is a 1930 British musical comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Leslie Fuller, Peter Bernard and Eve Gray. It was written by Lola Harvey, Syd Courteney and Val Valentine.
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