The baby and the Battleship - wikipedia The baby and the Battleship The Baby and the Battleship Directed by Jay Lewis Starring John Mills Music by Humphrey Searle Distributed by British Lion Films Distributors Corporation of America ( US ) Release date 1956 Country United Kingdom Language English Box office £ 258,845 ( UK ) The Baby and the Battleship is a colour 1956 British comedy film directed by Jay Lewis and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough and André Morell. It is based on the 1956 novel by Anthony Thorne with a screenplay by Richard De Roy, Gilbert Hackforth - Jones and Bryan Forbes. The Royal Navy provided a large amount of cooperation with sequences filmed aboard HMS Birmingham and in Malta. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 References 5 External links Plot When a group of Royal Navy sailors go ashore on shore leave to Naples, they are forced to care for a baby, separated from its mother. During a brawl, Puncher Roberts is knocked unconscious and finds the square empty, except for the baby. Unable to find his friend Knocker, or the child 's mother, he smuggles the baby aboard their ship in the midst of a series of joint operations with Allied navies off the coast of Italy. Cast John Mills - Puncher Roberts Richard Attenborough - Knocker White André Morell - Marshal Bryan Forbes - Professor Evans Michael Hordern - Captain Hugh Ernest Clark - Commander Geoffrey Digby Harry Locke - Chief Petty Officer Blades Michael Howard - Joe Lionel Jeffries - George Clifford Mollison - Sails Thorley Walters - Lieutenant Setley Duncan Lamont - Master - at - Arms Lisa Gastoni - Maria Cyril Raymond - PMO Harold Siddons - Whiskers D.A. Clarke - Smith - The Admiral Kenneth Griffith - Sub-Lieutenant John Le Mesurier - The Marshal 's Aide Carlo Giustini - Carlo Vespucci Ferdy Mayne - Interpreter Vincent Barbi - Second Brother Gordon Jackson - Harry Vittorio Vittori - Third Brother Martyn Garrett - The Baby Barry Foster - Sailor at Dance Robert Ayres - American Captain Reception The film was one of the ten most popular movies at the British box office in 1956. References Jump up ^ Vincent Porter, ' The Robert Clark Account ', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p509 Jump up ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/24688 Jump up ^ `` The Baby and the Battleship ( 1956 ) ''. Yahoo Movies. Retrieved 31 May 2012. Jump up ^ BRITISH. FILMS MADE MOST MONEY : BOX - OFFICE SURVEY The Manchester Guardian ( 1901 - 1959 ) ( Manchester ( UK ) ) 28 Dec 1956 : 3 External links The Baby and the Battleship on IMDb Movie review by The New York Times The films of Jay Lewis The Baby and the Battleship ( 1956 ) Invasion Quartet ( 1961 ) A Home of Your Own ( 1964 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Baby_and_the_Battleship&oldid=768355562 '' Categories : English - language films 1956 films 1950s comedy films British films British comedy films Films directed by Jay Lewis Seafaring films Films set in the Mediterranean Sea Films based on British novels Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from June 2016 Use British English from June 2016 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Español Français Edit links This page was last edited on 3 March 2017, at 09 : 06. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who played the baby in the baby and the battleship
Answer: Martyn Garrett