The Bulldog Breed
1960 · 97 MIN · IMDB 6.1 · 946 VOTES · DIR. Robert Asher
Overview
Norman Puckle, a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, can't seem to do anything right. After being rejected by Marlene, the love of his life, he attempts suicide, but can't even do that. He is saved from jumping off a cliff at 'Lover's Leap' by a Royal Navy petty officer. He persuades Puckle to join the Royal Navy, where he'll meet 'lots of girls'. Life in the Navy proves not to be as rosy as it's been described, and Puckle fails at every task during basic training. But despite this, he's regarded by the Admiral in charge of a rocket project to be a 'typical average British sailor', and chosen to be the first man to fly into outer space in an experimental rocket.
Dialogue Timeline — 913 lines
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00:00:15 'Not yet, Norman! Not yet.
00:04:49 You can blow your horn, Little Boy Blue!
00:08:23 Go away, titch!
00:15:33 You're too young to go.
00:18:47 Dammit, man, the rocket is named after him.
00:22:04 Go away. This is a private conference.
00:24:25 Hey! No!
00:30:38 your only communication with the outside world will be postal.
00:35:16 Puckle!
00:38:35 You'll never teach him to pilot a rocket.
00:42:39 Yeah. Nearly, sir.
00:45:48 Helmet.
00:49:22 How would you like to come out with me?
00:54:31 Not quite. But he's doing well, isn't he?
00:59:38 Then tie it on again!
01:05:04 All secure, sir.
01:11:23 Party, halt!
01:13:43 Puckle, why did you join the navy?
01:16:05 We haven't found any reason to deter him from being proud of himself.
01:19:31 Come on, Bosun.
01:23:27 - I trust Carruthers is briefed. - Yes, Admiral.
01:27:14 Out of my way.
01:29:46 If I may say so, sir, he should be recommended for a posthumous award.
33:34:03 - Goodbye, Marlene.