The Bulldog Breed 1960

Norman Puckle, a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, can't seem to do anything right. After being rejected by Marlene, the love of his life, he attempts suicide, but can't even do that. He is saved from jumping off a cliff at 'Lover's Leap' by a Royal Navy petty officer. He persuades Puckle to join the Royal Navy, where he'll meet 'lots of girls'. Life in the Navy proves not to be as rosy as it's been described, and Puckle fails at every task during basic training. But despite this, he's regarded by the Admiral in charge of a rocket project to be a 'typical average British sailor', and chosen to be the first man to fly into outer space in an experimental rocket.

Cast:

Norman Wisdom
Norman 

Ian Hunter
Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth 

David Lodge
Chief Petty Officer Knowles 

John Le Mesurier
Prosecuting counsel 

Terence Alexander
Defending Counsel 

Michael Caine
Sailor in Cinema Fight (uncredited)