Barnacle Bill [dvd] / story and screenplay by T.E.B. Clarke ; directed by Charles Frend.
Series: Ealing Studios CollectionPublication details: [England] : Optimum Releasing, c2009. Description: 1 DVD (84 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Comedy filmsLOC classification: DVD : BARNCast: Alec Guinness, Irene Browne, Maurice Denham, Percy Herbert, Victor Maddern, Allan Cuthbertson, Harold Goodwin, Richard Wattis.Summary: Captain William Horatio Ambrose has tried hard to preserve his family's tradition of producing distinguished naval officers but unfortunately suffers from chronic seasickness. By way of compensation he decides to buy an amusement pier off the coast of Sandcastle-On-Sea, the success of which niggles the local council and its stuffy mayor who plans to have it closed down. But the captain is not a man to be trifled with and has a cunning plan up his decorated sleeves, and it just might work.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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Fischer Hall Library DVD Short Loan Shelves | DVD : BARN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | V000741 |
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DVD release of the 1957 motion picture.
Cast: Alec Guinness, Irene Browne, Maurice Denham, Percy Herbert, Victor Maddern, Allan Cuthbertson, Harold Goodwin, Richard Wattis.
Captain William Horatio Ambrose has tried hard to preserve his family's tradition of producing distinguished naval officers but unfortunately suffers from chronic seasickness. By way of compensation he decides to buy an amusement pier off the coast of Sandcastle-On-Sea, the success of which niggles the local council and its stuffy mayor who plans to have it closed down. But the captain is not a man to be trifled with and has a cunning plan up his decorated sleeves, and it just might work.
Region 2.