Windbag the Sailor

Will Hay plays a bragging sea captain whose maritime experience actually extends to navigating a coal barge down inland waterways. His tall tales catch him out when he is co-erced into commanding an unseaworthy ship by an unscrupulous shipping agent who means to have it wrecked. This was the first film to couple Will Hay with both Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt.

Cast

Will Hay

as Captain Ben Cutlet

Moore Marriott

as Harbottle

Norma Varden

as Olivia Potter-Porter

Kenneth Warrington

as Yates

Dennis Wyndham

as Maryatt

Amy Veness

as Emma Harbottle

Graham Moffatt

as Albert

Peter Gawthorne

as Bit Role (uncredited)

George Merritt

as Officer on Yacht

Charles Rolfe

as Second Detective

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