The Bulldog Breed

1960
1h 37m

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Norman Wisdom in The Bulldog Breed (1960)

When he is crossed in love, grocers assistant Norman Puckle joins the Navy, where he is recruited to man the first British rocket.When he is crossed in love, grocers assistant Norman Puckle joins the Navy, where he is recruited to man the first British rocket.When he is crossed in love, grocers assistant Norman Puckle joins the Navy, where he is recruited to man the first British rocket.

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6.1/10

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Trivia
This movie is notable for being the only occasion Sir Michael Caine and Oliver Reed shared a scene together. It took place at a cinema lobby, where Reed plays a Teddy Boy, and Caine a sailor. It lasts only a few seconds.

Goofs
When Puckle views the Earth from the spaceship (c. 128 minutes), he sees lines of latitude and longitude and countries marked in various colours, just as an inflatable plastic globe atlas usually has.

Crazy credits
'Bosun' - the bulldog in opening credits

Connections
Featured in Mike Baldwin & Me (2001)

Soundtracks
Shenandoah
(uncredited)
Traditional
Heard as a theme

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Mutiny of Moviewatchers

I swore I would never watch another Norman Wisdom movie. They are all much the same and any are a waste of time unless your standards for amusement are dangerously low.

In this one, he is tricked into joining the Navy, apparently only because the filmmakers had a deal with a real ship and its crew. Wisdom is again his standard character: part clueless disaster, part earnest innocent. Again you see his errors creating broad slapstick. He pushes men overboard, for instance. Ho hum.

The odd thing was how many such movies he made. There must have been a market for such a thing in the UK. There's no redeeming value here.

Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.