The Navy Lark (1959) DVD-R

Starring Cecil Parker, Ronald Shiner, Leslie Phillips, Elvi hale, Nicholas
Phipps
Directed by Gordon Parry

Print: black/white
Runtime: 82 min.
Genre: comedy
Print Quality: B

Director Gordon Parry's last two films were the 1959 Friends and
Neighbors and this so-so, slapstick comedy about a zany naval base on an
island just off the southern coast of Britain. Not having a whole lot to do,
the klutzy commander (Cecil Parker), a womanizing second officer (Leslie
Phillips) and just about everyone else are making money by smuggling
and other sub rosa, shady activities. When this motley crew gets word
that the powers-that-be want to shut down the base and transfer them to
other posts, they start to invent all the reasons they can for remaining
where they are. They get deeper and deeper into their deceptions until
they are ready to stage a fake revolution with the collusion of the civilian
islanders.