''Sailors Don't Care'' is a 1940 British

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Oswald Mitchell Oswald Albert Mitchell (1890 – April 27, 1949) was a British film director who directed several of the Old Mother Riley series of films.

and starring

Michael Wilding Michael Charles Gauntlet Wilding (23 July 1912 – 8 July 1979) was an English stage, television, and film actor. He is best known for a series of films he made with Anna Neagle; he also made two films with Alfred Hitchcock, '' Under Capric ...

Edward Rigby Edward Coke MC (5 February 1879 – 5 April 1951), known professionally as Edward Rigby, was a British character actor. Early life Rigby was born at Ashford, Kent, England, the second son of Dr William Harriott Coke and his wife, Mary Elizabe ...

and

Jean Gillie A ( , ; ), sometimes called a maneater, Mata Hari, or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious, beautiful, and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising, deadly traps. She is an archetype of litera ...

. The film follows the antics of some River Patrol Service men on the trail of some spies.

Partial cast

* Tom Gamble as Nobby Clark *

as Joe Clark *

as Nancy *

as Dick * Marion Gerth as Mimi * Mavis Villiers as Blondie * G. H. Mulcaster as Admiral Reynolds *

John Salew John Rylett Salew (28 February 1902 (some sources state 1 January 1897)14 September 1961) was an English stage film and TV actor. Salew made the transition from stage to films in 1939, and according to Allmovie, "the manpower shortage during W ...

as Henri * Henry B. Longhurst as Admiral Drake *

Dennis Wyndham Dennis Wyndham (15 January 1887 – 19 August 1973) was a South African born stage and film actor. Long based in Britain, he appeared in more than 40 films between 1920 and 1956. He was born in Natal, South Africa. On 23 May 1917, he married El ...

as Captain Raleigh

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* 1940 films 1940 comedy films British comedy films Films based on works by W. W. Jacobs British black-and-white films Films set in England Films shot at Nettlefold Studios British World War II films Films directed by Oswald Mitchell Films scored by Percival Mackey 1940s English-language films 1940s British films English-language comedy films {{1940s-UK-comedy-film-stub