Why Sailors Leave Home Trailer (1930)

01 September 1930 Comedy 71 mins

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 palace, and the polygamous ruler, who has abducted a damsel, decides to absent himself and appoint Bill as his deputy. It seems Bill's luck is set to change dramatically until the wives decide to go on strike!

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Cast

Leslie Fuller as Bill Biggles

Peter Bernard as George

Eve Gray as Slave Girl

Gladys Cruickshank as Slave Girl

Dmitri Vetter as Multhasa

Frank Melroyd as Captain

Syd Courtenay as Sheik Sidi Ben

Lola Harvey as Maya

Jean Ross as Arab Girl

Crew

Monty Banks Director

Emile de Ruelle Editor

Syd Courtenay Story

Dallas Bower Sound Editor

James E. Rogers Cinematography

Lola Harvey Story

John Maxwell Producer

International Releases Dates

United Kingdom 01 September 1930

Production Companies

British International Pictures

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