Why Sailors Leave Home

Why Sailors Leave Home is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Leslie Fuller, Peter Bernard and Eve Gray. ^[1] The screenplay concerns a British sailor on shore leave in the Middle East who ends up being mistaken for a Sheikh. ^[2]

Cast

• Leslie Fuller as Bill Biggles
• Peter Bernard as George
• Eve Gray as Slave Girl
• Gladys Cruickshank as Slave Girl
• Dmitri Vetter as Multhasa
• Frank Melroyd as Captain
• Syd Courtenay as Sheik Sidi Ben
• Lola Harvey as Maya
• Jean Ross as Slave Girl
• Marika Rökk as Slave Girl

References

1. BFI.org
2. Sutton p.106

Bibliography

• Sutton, David R. A chorus of raspberries: British film comedy 1929-1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000. ISBN   978-0-85989-603-0.

External links

• Why Sailors Leave Home at IMDb