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Give Me a Sailor (1938)

80 min  -  Comedy | Romance  -   19 August 1938 (USA)
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Jim and Walter are two brother sailors in the United States Navy. Walter tells Jim as soon as they get home he is going to ask his beautiful girlfriend... See full summary »

Director:

Elliott Nugent

Writers:

Anne Nichols (play), Doris Anderson (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Credited cast:
Martha Raye Martha Raye ...
Letty Larkin
Bob Hope ...
Jim Brewster
Betty Grable ...
Nancy Larkin
Jack Whiting Jack Whiting ...
Walter Brewster
Clarence Kolb Clarence Kolb ...
CaptainTallant
J.C. Nugent J.C. Nugent ...
Mr. Larkin
Bonnie Jean Churchill Bonnie Jean Churchill ...
Ethel May Brewster
Nana Bryant Nana Bryant ...
Mrs. Minnie Brewster
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kathleen Lockhart Kathleen Lockhart ...
Mrs. Hawks (scenes deleted)
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Storyline

Jim and Walter are two brother sailors in the United States Navy. Walter tells Jim as soon as they get home he is going to ask his beautiful girlfriend, Nancy Larkin to marry him. But Jim is also in love with Nancy so he begs Nancy's ugly duckling sister, Letty to help break Walter and Nancy up. Letty agrees only under one condition, he help her to win Walter! Written by Kelly  

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Plot Keywords:

Navy | Brother | Sailor | Fish As Food | Key  | See more »

Taglines:

Shut her mouth, but here's that Raye gal again...swingin' the neatest pair of stems that ever had the fleet aflutter! See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

(USA) See more »

Also Known As:

To skøre sjæle See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. See more »

Soundtracks

"A Little Kiss at Twilight"
Music by Ralph Rainger
Lyrics by Leo Robin See more »