Barnacle Bill (1957 film)

Barnacle Bill (U.S. title: All at Sea) is a 1957 Ealing Studios comedy film directed by Charles Frend and starring Alec Guinness. It was written by T. E. B. Clarke. Guinness plays an unsuccessful Royal Navy officer and six of his maritime ancestors.

Barnacle Bill
American poster
Directed byCharles Frend
Written byT. E. B. Clarke
Produced byMichael Balcon
StarringAlec Guinness
CinematographyDouglas Slocombe
Edited byJack Harris
Music byJohn Addison
Production
company
Distributed byMetro Goldwyn Mayer
Release date
  • 11 December 1957 (1957-12-11)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$659,000
Box office$950,000

This was the final Ealing comedy (although some sources list Davy (1958) as the last), and the last film Guinness made for Ealing Studios.

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