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Bookmark this pageWindbag the Sailor (1936)
Director: William Beaudine
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From Time Out Film Guide
British comedy from a bygone age, produced by Michael Balcon at Gainsborough studios. Pub bore Hay, veteran of many a fabricated maritime tall story, gets his comeuppance when the local Sea Scouts trick him into captaining a dodgy old tub whose mutinous crew land them on an island populated by cannibals. Rudimentary.Author: TJ
Cast & crew
Director: William Beaudine
Producer: Michael Balcon
Cast: Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Norma Varden, Graham Moffatt, Dennis Wyndham full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 85 mins
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