25 May 1947
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Top Billed Cast
Simon Bell James Henry Trotter
Anna Quayle Aunt Spiker
Ann Beach Aunt Sponge
Arthur Hewlett Old Man
Andrew Sachs Interviewer / 1st Naval Officer / Security Chief
Thorley Walters Grasshopper
Pat Coombs Spider
Kate Lock Ladybird
Bernard Cribbins Centipede
Hugh Lloyd Earthworm
Christopher Owen Silkworm / 2nd Naval Officer
Jo Kendall Glow-Worm / American Woman
James Berwick American General / Ship's Captain
Bernard Taylor Bernard Taylor
Blain Fairman 1st American / 4th Naval Officer
Weston Gavin Weston Gavin
Gary McDermott Police Chief
Robert MacLeod Fire Chief
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