Windbag the Sailor

Windbag the Sailor

1936•1h 27m•7.5/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.5/10(10)

Will Hay plays a bragging sea captain whose maritime experience actually extends to navigating a coal barge down inland waterways. His tall tales catch him out when he is co-erced into commanding an unseaworthy ship by an unscrupulous shipping agent who means to have it wrecked. This was the first film to couple Will Hay with both Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt.

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Production

Gainsborough Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Will Hay

Will Hay

Captain Ben Cutlet

Moore Marriott

Moore Marriott

Harbottle

Norma Varden

Norma Varden

Olivia Potter-Porter

Kenneth Warrington

Yates

Dennis Wyndham

Dennis Wyndham

Maryatt

Amy Veness

Amy Veness

Emma Harbottle

Graham Moffatt

Graham Moffatt

Albert

Peter Gawthorne

Peter Gawthorne

Bit Role (uncredited)

George Merritt

George Merritt

Officer on Yacht

Charles Rolfe

Second Detective

Leonard Sharp

Crew Member

Harry Terry

Harry Terry

Crew Member

Percy Walsh

Captain of the 'Rob Roy'

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