We Joined The Navy (1962)

An officer (Kenneth More) in the British Navy has a problem. He has the habit of of speaking the truth at the most inopportune times. This leads him to be transferred from ship to shore and then to instruct at the Royal Navy College. Based on the novel by John Winton and directed by Wendy Toye (THE TECKMAN MYSTERY). I'm not big on military comedies but even taking that into account, this is a banal film. Actually, it starts off promisingly with some irreverence for the Navy and for awhile I thought it might be fun but it jumps the shark at the halfway mark and never finds its way back. It looks nice with cinematographer Otto Heller (PEEPING TOM) using the CinemaScope frame pleasingly (especially in the South of France). With Dirk Bogarde briefly reprising his Simon Sparrow role from the DOCTOR franchise, Lloyd Nolan, Joan O'Brien, Mischa Auer, Laurence Naismith and Sid James.