The Boatswain's Mate(1924)

Name: The Boatswain's Mate
Director: H. Manning Haynes
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1924-01-01
Duration: 30 min
Cast: Florence Turner, Victor McLaglen, Johnny Butt, J. Edwards Barker

Florence Turner Victor McLaglen Johnny Butt J. Edwards Barker

The Boatswain’s Mate, which appeared in WW Jacobs’ 1905 short story collection ‘Captains All’, tells of an ex-boatswain (Johnny Butt) who is eager to win the hand of the local pub landlady. He bribes an ex-soldier to stage a house-breaking, so that he can win her in a heroic last-minute rescue. The plan begins to unravel when the ‘burglar’ (Victor McLaglen) and his victim (Florence Turner) are instantly smitten. It’s the feisty shotgun-wielding landlady, who triumphantly puts the boatswain in his place. BFI