The arrival of a Brains Trust style panel show causes havoc at an army barracks. Star Alastair Sim frequently championed playwright James Bridie's work in the theatre. This is an adaptation of one of his plays, and isn't too bad. Script adapt . Pleasing, gentle comedy.
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J. Lee-Thompson, Peter Myers, Alec Grahame. A few years later the woman's son joins the navy as a cadet. The first World War breaks out and his ship is sunk by a German battleship. He's rescued from the water by the Germans but he escapes to a nearby island where he delays the battleship's repair long enough for it to be discovered by a British ship captained by the naval officer. The German ship is sunk, but the young man dies.