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{{short description|1954 film}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = You Know What Sailors Are
| image_size =
| image = You Know What Sailors Are FilmPoster.jpeg
| alt =
| caption =
| director = [[Ken Annakin]]
| producer = Peter Rogers<br>[[Julian Wintle]]
| writer = [[Peter Rogers]]
| based_on = ''Sylvester'' by [[Edward Hyams]]
| screenplay =
| story =
| narrator =
| starring = [[Donald Sinden]] <br> [[Akim Tamiroff]] <br> [[Sarah Lawson (actress)|Sarah Lawson]]
| music = [[Malcolm Arnold]]
| cinematography = [[Reginald H. Wyer]]
| editing = [[Alfred Roome]]
| studio = [[Group Film Productions]]
| distributor = [[General Film Distributors]]
| released = {{film date|df=y|1954|2|9}} 
| runtime = 89 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
}}

'''''You Know What Sailors Are''''' is a 1954 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Ken Annakin]] and starring [[Donald Sinden]], [[Michael Hordern]], [[Bill Kerr]], [[Dora Bryan]] and [[Akim Tamiroff]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b69530808|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712005008/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b69530808|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-12|title=You Know What Sailors Are! (1953)|work=BFI}}</ref> The screenplay by [[Peter Rogers]] was based on the 1951 novel ''Sylvester'' by [[Edward Hyams]]. It was shot at [[Pinewood Studios]] and [[location shooting|on location]] around the [[Isle of Portland]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[George Provis]].

==Plot==
Three British naval officers out on a drunken spree attach a pram and a pawnbroker's sign to the stern of a foreign naval ship. The next morning, an officer misinterprets the pram and sign as state of the art, top-secret radar equipment. Instantly, the British navy decrees that their ships be fitted with the same device. Thereafter, bureaucratic misunderstandings escalate into a major international incident.

== Cast ==
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* [[Akim Tamiroff]] as President of Agraria
* [[Donald Sinden]] as Lt. Sylvester Green
* [[Sarah Lawson (actress)|Sarah Lawson]] as Betty
* [[Naunton Wayne]] as Captain Owbridge
* [[Bill Kerr]] as Lt. Smart
* [[Dora Bryan]] as Gladys
* [[Martin Miller (actor)|Martin Miller]] as Prof. Hyman Pfumbaum
* [[Michael Shepley]] as Admiral
* [[Michael Hordern]] as Captain Hamilton
* [[Ferdy Mayne]] as Stanislaus Voritz of Smorznigov
* [[Bryan Coleman]] as Lt. Comdr. Voles
* [[Cyril Chamberlain]] as Stores Officer
* [[Hal Osmond]] as Stores Petty Officer
* [[Peter Arne]] as Ahmed
* [[Sara Leighton]] as Jasmin
* Janet Richards as Almyra
* Eileen Sands as Hepzibah
* [[Marianne Stone]] as Elsie – Barmaid
* [[Peter Dyneley]] as Lt. Andrews
* [[Peter Martyn (actor)|Peter Martyn]] as Lt. Ross
* [[Robertson Hare]] as Lt. Cdr. (Experimental Station)
* [[Anthony Sharp]] as Humphrey - Naval Attache
* [[Leslie Phillips]] as Embassy Secretary
* [[Peter Barkworth]] as Naval Lieutenant
* [[Martin Benson (actor)|Martin Benson]] as Agrarian Officer
* [[Shirley Eaton]] as Palace Girl
* [[Lisa Gastoni]] as Palace Girl
* [[Hermione Harvey]] as Dancer
{{div col end}}

==Critical reception==
''[[TV Guide]]'' writes, "beautiful women fill the screen at frequent intervals in this amiable comedy";<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/you-know-what-sailors-are/review/110086/|title=You Know What Sailors Are|work=TVGuide.com}}</ref> and [[AllMovie]] writes, "''You Know What Sailors Are'' top-bills Akim Tamiroff as the president of a mythical Foreign country, but the film belongs to Donald Sinden as the well-meaning young officer who precipitates the whole affair."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/you-know-what-sailors-are-v117997|title=You Know What Sailors Are (1954) – Ken Annakin – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related – AllMovie|author=Hal Erickson|work=AllMovie}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0047687}}

{{Ken Annakin}}

[[Category:1954 films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:1954 comedy films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Ken Annakin]]
[[Category:Films shot at Pinewood Studios]]
[[Category:Films based on British novels]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Peter Rogers]]
[[Category:Films produced by Peter Rogers]]
[[Category:Military humor in film]]
[[Category:Films scored by Malcolm Arnold]]
[[Category:1950s English-language films]]
[[Category:1950s British films]]

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