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{{short description|1956 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Sailor Beware!
| image = Sailor Beware 1956 Film.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = [[Gordon Parry (film director)|Gordon Parry]]
| writer = Philip King Falkland Cary
| based_on = ''[[Sailor Beware! (play)|Sailor Beware!]]'' by [[Falkland Cary]] and [[Philip King (playwright)|Philip King]]
| starring = [[Peggy Mount]] [[Shirley Eaton]] [[Ronald Lewis (actor)|Ronald Lewis]]
| producer = [[Jack Clayton]] [[John Woolf (producer)|John Woolf]]
| music = [[Lambert Williamson]]
| cinematography =[[Douglas Slocombe]]
| editing = Stan Hawkes
| distributor = [[Independent Film Distributors]]
| studio = [[Remus Films]] [[Romulus Films]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1956|09|04}}
| runtime = 81 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| gross = £221,779 (UK)<ref>Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'', Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p509</ref>
}}
'''''Sailor Beware!''''' is a 1956 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Gordon Parry (film director)|Gordon Parry]] and starring [[Peggy Mount]], [[Shirley Eaton]] and [[Ronald Lewis (actor)|Ronald Lewis]]. It was shot at [[Shepperton Studios]] with sets designed by the [[art director]] [[Norman G. Arnold]]. It was released in the United States by [[Distributors Corporation of America]] the following year as '''''Panic in the Parlor''''' .

The film is an adaptation of the successful stage play of the [[Sailor Beware! (play)|same name]]. It follows the story of a sailor betrothed to be married, but wary that home-life may echo that of her parents: a hen-pecked husband and battle-axe mother. It is one of [[Michael Caine]]'s first films; he has a small, [[Extra (acting)|uncredited role]] as a sailor.<ref>"Michael Caine", ''The Times'', 28 March 2000, p. 7</ref>

==Plot==
Royal Navy sailor, Albert Tufnell, is to marry Shirley Hornett the next day. He and his [[best man]], fellow sailor Carnoustie Bligh, travel to the Hornett household.

However, Albert begins to have second thoughts when he spends the day with her family. He has no problem with her father, Henry, or with meek spinster, aunt Edie, but her domineering mother, Emma, is another matter entirely. (Meanwhile, Carnoustie and Shirley's beautiful cousin, Daphne Pink, are attracted to each other.) When Albert announces that he and Carnoustie are going to see their pals that night, Emma objects strenuously, as does Shirley, but they go anyway. Later, Emma sends Henry to fetch them, but it is they who have to bring back a thoroughly drunk Henry.

Edie lets slip plans for the couple to live in a house three doors away; plans made without consulting the bridegroom. Albert gives Shirley a chance to inform him, but she does not do so, which concerns him.

The day of the wedding, Albert does not appear at the church, so the Hornetts go home. Then, Albert shows up, as does the Reverend Purefoy, who was to preside over the ceremony. Albert states that he loves Shirley and wants to marry her. However, he has his doubts. Mr. Purefoy asks to speak to the couple privately. Everyone else leaves the room (but eavesdrops). Albert then explains that the unhappy example of her family life and the unilateral decision about where they were to live have made him hesitate. Henry comes in and surprisingly states that his wife has actually taken good care of him, and that he is fond of her. Upon hearing that, Emma breaks down and weeps; she tells Purefoy she wants to change her ways. Albert marries Shirley, but after they leave, Emma finds it hard to break old habits.

==Cast==
* [[Peggy Mount]] as Emma Hornett
* [[Shirley Eaton]] as Shirley Hornett
* [[Ronald Lewis (actor)|Ronald Lewis]] as Albert Tufnell
* [[Cyril Smith (actor)|Cyril Smith]] as Henry Hornett
* [[Esma Cannon]] as Edie Hornett
* [[Gordon Jackson (actor)|Gordon Jackson]] as Carnoustie Bligh
* [[Geoffrey Keen]] as the Rev. Purefoy
* Joy Webster as Daphne Pink
* [[Thora Hird]] as Mrs. Lack
* [[Eliot Makeham]] as Uncle Brummell
* [[Fred Griffiths (actor)|Fred Griffiths]] as Taxi Driver
* [[Edie Martin]] as Little Woman in Church
* Margaret Moore as Little Girl
* [[Barbara Hicks]] as Little Girl's Mother
* [[George Rose (actor)|George Rose]] as Waiter at Banfield's
* Frank Atkinson as Chauffeur (uncredited)
* [[Alfie Bass]] as Organist (uncredited)
* Richard Beynon as Bearded Sailor (uncredited)
* [[Douglas Blackwell]] as Co-op Man (uncredited)
* Anne Blake (uncredited)
* [[Michael Caine]] as Sailor (uncredited)
* [[Peter Collingwood]] as Verger (uncredited)
* [[George A. Cooper]] as Petty Officer (uncredited)
* [[Paul Eddington]] as Bearded Sailor (uncredited)
* Charles Houston (uncredited)
* [[Jack MacGowran]] as Toddy (uncredited)
* [[Henry McGee]] as Milkman (uncredited)
* John Pike as Bit Part (uncredited)
* [[Anthony Sagar]] as Naval Rating (uncredited)

==Reception==
The film was one of the ten most popular films at the British box office in 1956.<ref>BRITISH. FILMS MADE MOST MONEY: BOX-OFFICE SURVEY
The Manchester Guardian (1901-1959) [Manchester (UK)] 28 Dec 1956: 3</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0050818}}
*{{Rotten Tomatoes|panic_in_the_parlor}}

{{Gordon Parry}}

[[Category:1956 films]]
[[Category:1956 romantic comedy films]]
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[[Category:British films based on plays]]
[[Category:Films directed by Gordon Parry]]
[[Category:Films shot at Shepperton Studios]]
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[[Category:1950s British films]]

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