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Why Sailors Leave Home

7.019301h 11mMovieComedy

When their ship arrives in an Arabian port, the sailors are given shore leave among them Bill Biggles, who has previously had little success with women. Visiting a sheik who has long been under obligation to him, Bill is welcomed at the…

DirectorMonty Banks
WritersSyd Courtenay·Lola Harvey
ProducerJohn Maxwell

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Cast · Directed by Monty Banks

LFLeslie Fuller
Leslie Fuller
Bill Biggles
PB
Peter Bernard
George
EGEve Gray
Eve Gray
Slave Girl
GC
Gladys Cruickshank
Slave Girl
DV
Dmitri Vetter
Multhasa
FM
Frank Melroyd
Captain
SC
Syd Courtenay
Sheik Sidi Ben
LHLola Harvey
Lola Harvey
Maya
JR
Jean Ross
Arab Girl
MRMarika Rökk
Marika Rökk
BJ
Bob Johnson
GL
Gerard Lyley

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