---
title: 'Barnacle Bill (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Charles Frend'
released: '1957-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/barnacle-bill-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050168/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Barnacle Bill (1957)

1957 · 87 min · Comedy · United Kingdom, United States

Part of: Ealing comedies

## Synopsis

Barnacle Bill 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Charles Frend](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-frend)
- **Screenplay:** [T. E. B. Clarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/t-e-b-clarke)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Henry Mancini](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-mancini)
- **Producer:** [Michael Balcon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-balcon)
- **Director of Photography:** [Douglas Slocombe](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-slocombe)
- **Editor:** [Jack Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-harris)

## Cast

- [Joan Hickson](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-hickson)
- [Eric Pohlmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-pohlmann)
- [Lionel Jeffries](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-jeffries)
- [Miles Malleson](https://cinepixo.com/people/miles-malleson)
- [Irene Browne](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-browne)
- [Maurice Denham](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-denham)
- [Allan Cuthbertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-cuthbertson)
- [Harold Goodwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-goodwin-2)
- [Victor Maddern](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-maddern)
- [Alec Guinness](https://cinepixo.com/people/alec-guinness)
- [George Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-rose)
- [Richard Wattis](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-wattis)
- [Percy Herbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/percy-herbert)

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