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Bookmark this pageBarnacle Bill (1957)
Director: Charles Frend
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Belated addition to the Ealing comedy cycle, with Guinness as the scion of a long line of seadogs who switches to commanding a pier because he gets seasick. Much too stereotypical, with laboured jokes about bureaucracy as efforts are made to turn the pier into an entertainments centre. In a nod to Kind Hearts and Coronets, Guinness also plays his ancestors.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Charles Frend
Producer: Michael Balcon
Cast: Alec Guinness, Irene Browne, Percy Herbert, Maurice Denham, Victor Maddern, Lionel Jeffries full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 87 mins
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