It all starts when a sailor's left holding the baby!
After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails he enlists the help of best mate Puncher Roberts to smuggle the child aboard. But babies are surprisingly demanding and gradually the whole crew is drawn into helping keep it fed and washed - and undiscovered. Even so, the officers above deck start to puzzle over the increasingly strange happenings on board.
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John Mills
Puncher Roberts
Richard Attenborough
Knocker White
André Morell
Marshal
Bryan Forbes
Prof. Evans
Michael Hordern
Capt. Hugh
Ernest Clark
Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby
Harry Locke
CPO Blades
Michael Howard
Joe
Lionel Jeffries
George
Clifford Mollison
Sails
John Le Mesurier
The Marshal’s Aide
Ferdy Mayne
Interpreter
Kenneth Griffith
Sub-Lieutenant
Gordon Jackson
Harry
Martyn Garrett
The baby
