Sailors Don't Care (1940 film)

Not to be confused with Sailors Don't Care (1928 film).

Sailors Don't Care
Directed by	Oswald Mitchell
Screenplay by	Oswald Mitchell Kenneth Horne (additional dialogue & scenes)
Starring	Tom Gamble Edward Rigby Jean Gillie
Cinematography	Geoffrey Faithfull
Edited by	Jack Harris
Music by	Percival Mackey (musical director)
Production company	Butcher's Film Service
Distributed by	Butcher's Film Service (UK)
Release date	28 December 1940 (1940-12-28)(UK)
Running time	79 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Sailors Don't Care is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Michael Wilding, Edward Rigby and Jean Gillie. ^{[1] [2]} It was written by Kenneth Horne. The film follows the antics of some River Patrol Service men on the trail of spies.

Plot

Joe Clarke and his son Nobby volunteer to operate a Home Defence listening post on the ship Terrific. Unwittingly they get involved in intrigue involving enemy agents and a time bomb.

Cast

• Tom Gamble as Nobby Clark
• Edward Rigby as Joe Clark
• Jean Gillie as Nancy
• Michael Wilding as Dick
• Marion Gerth as Mimi
• Mavis Villiers as Blondie
• G. H. Mulcaster as Admiral Reynolds
• John Salew as Henri
• Henry B. Longhurst as Admiral Drake
• Dennis Wyndham as Captain Raleigh

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This is a simple slapstick type of film with good horseplay laughs. It is not very fast-moving but it fulfils the job for which it was intended and the characters are the familiar ones of a W. W. Jacobs' story." ^[3]

Kine Weekly wrote: "Topical rather than subtle, the film extracts any amount of good fun from the exigencies of war. It also introduces a number of laughable thrills." ^[4]

References

1. "Sailors Don't Care". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
2. "BFI | Film & TV Database | Sailors Don't Care (1940)". 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
3. "Sailors Don't Care". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 7 (73): 147. 1 January 1940. ProQuest   1305806772.
4. "Sailors Don't Care". Kine Weekly . 283 (1743): 12. 12 September 1940. ProQuest   2339675171.

External links

• Sailors Don't Care at IMDb