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	==References==		==References==

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{{Infobox film
| name = We Joined the Navy
| image = File:We Joined the Navy.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = [[Wendy Toye]]
| producer = [[Daniel M. Angel]] <br> [[Vivian Cox]]
|based_on = ''We Joined the Navy'' by [[John Winton]]
| writer = [[Howard Dimsdale]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Kenneth More]] <br> [[Lloyd Nolan]] <br> [[Joan O'Brien]]
| music = [[Ron Grainer]]
| cinematography = [[Otto Heller]]
| editing = [[Richard Best (film editor)|Richard Best]]
| studio = Angel Productions <br />[[Associated British Picture Corporation]]
| distributor = [[Associated British Picture Corporation|Warner-Pathé Distributors]]
| released = 29 November 1962 (London)
| runtime = 106 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''We Joined the Navy''''' is a 1962 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Wendy Toye]] and starring [[Kenneth More]], [[Lloyd Nolan]], [[Joan O'Brien]], [[Derek Fowlds]], [[Graham Crowden]], [[Esma Cannon]] and [[John Le Mesurier]]. Produced by [[Daniel M. Angel]], it was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by [[John Winton]] a former [[Royal Navy]] lieutenant commander.

The film was shot on location in [[Villefranche-sur-Mer]], near [[Nice]] and [[Monaco]], on board the [[Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]], and {{USS|Springfield|CL-66|6}} as well as ABPC [[Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)|Elstree Studios]].<ref>Kenneth More, ''More or Less'', London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1978, p.188</ref> The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[John Howell (art director)|John Howell]]. It was shot in [[CinemaScope]] by [[cinematographer]] [[Otto Heller]].

In addition to the credited cast, there were uncredited cameos from [[Michael Bentine]], [[Sid James|Sidney James]], [[Rodney Bewes]] and [[Dirk Bogarde]] (in a gag reference to his Doctor series role, Simon Sparrow).

==Plot==
Lieutenant Commander Robert Badger is an excellent naval officer with one major problem. He speaks the truth at the most inopportune times that lead him to being transferred from ship, to shore, and then to instruct at the Royal Naval College. When his remarks are repeated by one of his students to his father, an anti-military Member of Parliament he has one last chance. He and three problem [[Midshipman|midshipmen]] are sent as [[exchange officer]]s to the [[flagship]] of the [[United States Sixth Fleet]]. Their antics set back Anglo-American relations until they go ashore to a nation in a midst of a revolution.

==Cast==
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* [[Kenneth More]] as Lieutenant Commander Robert Badger
* [[Lloyd Nolan]] as Vice Admiral Ryan
* [[Joan O'Brien]] as Lieutenant Carol Blair
* [[Mischa Auer]] as Colonel & President
* [[Jeremy Lloyd]] as Dewberry Jr.
* [[Dinsdale Landen]] as Bowles
* [[Derek Fowlds]] as Carson
* Denise Warren as Collette
* [[John Le Mesurier]] as George Dewberry Sr.
* [[Lally Bowers]] as Cynthia Dewberry, his wife
* [[Laurence Naismith]] as Admiral Blake
* [[Andrew Cruickshank]] as Admiral Filmer
* [[Walter Fitzgerald]] as Admiral Thomas
* [[John Phillips (actor)|John Phillips]] as Rear Admiral
* [[Ronald Leigh-Hunt]] as Commander Royal Navy
* [[Arthur Lovegrove]] as Chief Petty Officer Froud
* [[Brian Wilde]] as Petty Officer Gibbons
* [[David Warner (actor)|David Warner]] as Sailor Painting Ship
* [[John Barrard]] as Consul
* [[Esma Cannon]] as Consul's Wife
* Sean Kelly as Sinjett
* Marie France as Francoise
* [[Alexis Kanner]] as Gerrit
* [[Warren Mitchell]] as 'Honest' Marcel
* [[Kenneth Griffith]] as Orator
* [[Neil McCarthy (actor)|Neil McCarthy]] as the Sergeant
* [[Tutte Lemkow]] as the Corporal
* [[Dirk Bogarde]] as Dr Simon Sparrow
* [[Sid James]] as Dance Instructor
* [[Michael Bentine]] as Psychologist
* [[Graham Crowden]] as Naval Officer
* Guy Standeven as American Naval Officer
* [[Andrew Sachs]] as US Seaman
* [[Rodney Bewes]] as Recruitment interviewee
* [[David Warner (actor)|David Warner]] as Sailor painting ship
* [[Richard Vernon]] as Government Official
* [[Wanda Ventham]] as Dartmouth Girl
{{div col end}}

==DVD==
A Region 2 DVD of ''We Joined the Navy'' was released by Network on 16 February 2015. The disc features a 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0056681}}

[[Category:1962 films]]
[[Category:1962 comedy films]]
[[Category:CinemaScope films]]
[[Category:Films shot at Associated British Studios]]
[[Category:Films directed by Wendy Toye]]
[[Category:Military humor in film]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Devon]]
[[Category:Films set in Devon]]
[[Category:Films set in London]]
[[Category:Films set in Nice]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ron Grainer]]
[[Category:Films based on British novels]]
[[Category:1960s English-language films]]
[[Category:1960s British films]]

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