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Barnacle Bill

Barnacle Bill (released in the US as All at Sea) is a 1957 Ealing Studios comedy film, starring Alec Guinness. He plays an unsuccessful Royal Navy officer and six of his maritime ancestors. This was the final Ealing comedy (although some sources list Davy as the last), and the last film Guinness made for Ealing Studios. His first Ealing success was in Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), in which he also played multiple roles. The film was written by the screenwriter of Passport to Pimlico.

Plot

William Horatio Ambrose wants desperately to live up to his family's Royal Navy tradition; however, he has a debilitating problem. He suffers from seasickness. As a result, his contribution to the Second World War consists of testing cures for the malady. After the war, he retires from the navy as a captain and purchases a dilapidated late Victorian era amusement pier. At last, he has his own command. Unfortunately, his workers are an apathetic bunch, led by an insolent malcontent who quits when the new owner imposes discipline. With the assistance of a navy veteran and much hard work by bored local teenagers, Ambrose soon repairs his pier.