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7.2/10   95 votes
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Writers:
Monte Brice (short story)
Walter DeLeon (screenplay)
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Release Date:
24 January 1942 (USA) more
Genre:
Musical | Romance more
Tagline:
It's Ankles Aweigh...and Heaven help a poor sailor in a plight like this! (original poster) more
Plot:
Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous actress... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Wonderful "Variety Show'" with performers at their peak. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dorothy Lamour ... The Countess

William Holden ... Casey Kirby
Eddie Bracken ... Barney Waters

Betty Hutton ... Bessie Day
Cass Daley ... Cissie
Gil Lamb ... Spike
Leif Erickson ... Jake
Jimmy Dorsey ... Himself - Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Leader
Bob Eberly ... Himself - Dorsey Band Vocalist
Helen O'Connell ... Herself - Dorsey Band Vocalist
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra ... Themselves (as Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra)
Betty Jane Rhodes ... Diana Golden - Movie Star
Jean Lorraine ... Dancer (as Lorraine and Rognan)
Roy Rognan ... Dancer (as Lorraine and Rognan)
Jack Norton ... Kellogg - Swingland Owner
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Additional Details

Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

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. more
Movie Connections:
Remake of Lady Be Careful (1936) more
Soundtrack:
The Fleet's In more

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12 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
Wonderful "Variety Show'" with performers at their peak., 4 March 2005
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This was one of Paramount's biggest grossers of 1942, and it gave Betty Hutton the chance of a lifetime. She is a powerhouse here with great chemistry with her co-star, Eddie Bracken. They were to go on to greater heights in MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK. It's almost everything the audiences of wartime 1942 wanted: bright and bouncy music done by the top talent of the day, a star, Dorothy Lamour, who never looked better, and a silly escapist plot to lighten one's mood. The only drawback: it was filmed in black-and-white, when it screamed for Technicolor. Still, this is a musical that should be on DVD and NOW! What's not to sell? It has a young William Holden, Dorothy Lsmour, Betty Hutton's dynamics, one of the top Big Bands, Jimmy Dorsey, and the singing talents of Bob Eberle and Helen O'Connell. Priceless nostalgia.

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