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Sailor Beware is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Gordon Parry released in USA on 17 december 1956 with Peggy Mount
Sailor Beware (1956)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 17 december 1956
Length 1h21
Directed by Gordon Parry
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Rating62%
Sailor Beware! (1956) is a British comedy directed by Gordon Parry. It was released as Panic in the Parlor in the United States.
The film is an adaptation of the successful stage play of the same name. It follows the story of a sailor betrothed to be married, but wary that home-life may echo that of her parents: a hen-pecked husband and battle-axe mother.
It was Michael Caine's first film; he has a small, uncredited role as a sailor.
Synopsis
Un marin hésite à épouser sa fiancée, sa future belle-mère ayant tendance à régenter la vie des futurs mariés.Actors
Peggy Mount
(Emma Hornett)
Shirley Eaton
(Shirley Hornett)
Ronald Lewis
(Albert Tuffnell)
Esma Cannon
(Edie Hornett)
Gordon Jackson
(Carnoustie Bligh)
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