Question: Who directed the 1951 British science fiction comedy film in which an American actor and decorated naval officer of World War II starred in?
Context: Ken Slater (1917–2008) was a British science fiction fan and bookseller.  In 1947, while serving in the British Army of the Rhine, he started "Operation Fantast", a network of science fiction fans which had 800 members around the world by 1950 though it folded a few years later.  Through "Operation Fantast", he was the major importer of American science fiction books and magazines into Britain - an activity which he continued, after its collapse, through his company "Fantast (Medway)" up to the time of his death.  He was a founder member of the British Science Fiction Association in 1958. Mr Drake's Duck is a 1951 British science fiction comedy film directed by Val Guest and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Yolande Donlan, Jon Pertwee, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Reginald Beckwith.  The screenplay concerns Mr Drake, a farmer, who discovers that his hens have started laying radioactive eggs. Science Fiction Quarterly was an American pulp science fiction magazine that was published from 1940 to 1943 and again from 1951 to 1958.  Charles Hornig served as editor for the first two issues; Robert A. W. Lowndes edited the remainder.  "Science Fiction Quarterly" was launched by publisher Louis Silberkleit during a boom in science fiction magazines at the end of the 1930s.  Silberkleit launched two other science fiction titles ("Science Fiction" and "Future Fiction) "at about the same time: all three ceased publication before the end of World War II, falling prey to slow sales and paper shortages.  In 1950 and 1951, as the market improved, Silberkleit relaunched "Future Fiction" and "Science Fiction Quarterly".  By the time "Science Fiction Quarterly" ceased publication in 1958, it was the last surviving science fiction pulp. Jean de Laborde (29 November 1878 - 30 July 1977) was a French naval officer who had a long and illustrious career starting at the end of the 19th century and extending to World War II where he served as admiral.  A pioneer of naval aviation in France, he captained the first French aircraft carrier, earned many awards, and held many top posts.  He is most well known for his final military act, the scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon during the German occupation of Vichy France in World War II, which left his prestige in ruins and led to his arrest and conviction for treason. Józef Czeslaw Bartosik CB DSC (20 July 1917 – 14 January 2008) was a Polish Naval officer, born in Topola Wielka near Ostrów Wielkopolski, who served in Polish destroyers during World War II, under British naval command.  Shortly after World War II, he joined the British Royal Navy and advanced to the rank of rear admiral, before his retirement in 1969.  He died in England in January 2008. Nathan Green Gordon (September 4, 1916 – September 8, 2008) was an American lawyer, politician, and decorated naval aviator.  A Democrat, he served as the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas for ten terms, from 1947 to 1967.  As a United States Navy officer in World War II, he received the U.S. military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for rescuing the crews of several downed airplanes. Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr., KBE, DSC, (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor and a decorated naval officer of World War II. Ford Ovid Rogers (March 23, 1894 – September 12, 1972) was a highly decorated naval aviator, who served with the United States Marine Corps, retiring with the rank of Major General.  He was decorated with Navy Cross for his World War I service and received a Legion of Merit and a Distinguished Flying Cross for service in World War II. John Duncan Bulkeley (19 August 1911 – 6 April 1996) was a Vice Admiral in United States Navy and was one of the most decorated naval officers.  Bulkeley received the Medal of Honor for actions in the Pacific Theater during World War II.  He was also the PT boat skipper who evacuated General Douglas MacArthur from Corregidor in the Philippines and commanded at the Battle of La Ciotat.  The Navy named an "Arleigh Burke"-class guided missile destroyer after him:  , commissioned in 2001. John E. Wilkes (May 26, 1895 – July 20, 1957) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy, who served in World War I and World War II.  In December 1941 he was appointed Commander of Submarines, Asiatic Fleet.  In 1944 Wilkes was commander of all ports in Northern Europe.  From 1945 to 1951 he was the chief U.S. Naval Officer in Occupied Germany.  He retired in 1951.
Answer: Val Guest