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Director:

Frank Tashlin

Writers:

Albert Beich (screenplay)
Albert Beich (story)
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Release Date:

11 January 1956 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy more

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Tom Ewell ... Gregory Whitcomb
Sheree North ... Lt. Katy Whitcomb

Rita Moreno ... Sandra Roberts
Rick Jason ... Capt. Barney Sloan
Les Tremayne ... Henry 'Hank' Gaxton
Alice Reinheart ... Capt. Grace Briggs
Gregory Walcott ... Lt. Sweeney
Jean Willes ... Joan Sweeney

Edward Platt ... Major Dunning - Psychiatrist
Jacqueline Fontaine ... Buxom Blonde at Party
Michael Ross ... Military Policeman
Arthur Q. Bryan ... Mr. Curtis
Keith Vincent ... Delivery boy
Janice Carroll ... WAAF sergeant
Ralph Sanford ... Gateman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

I Lost My Wife to the Army (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording) (magnetic prints) | Mono (optical prints)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl


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References The Seven Year Itch (1955) more

Soundtrack:

Something's Gotta Give more


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Good fun, 5 July 2004
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Author: John Seal from Oakland CA

Long overshadowed by director Frank Tashlin's The Girl Can't Help It (also 1956), The Lieutenant Wore Skirts is deserving of reappraisal. Starring hatchet faced Tom Ewell as Greg Whitcomb, a U.S. Air Force reservist with a bad knee and a wife (Sheree North) in the service, it's a thoroughly sexist but hilarious film. When North is ordered to serve in Hawaii, Ewell follows after her, determined to get her to quit or be discharged by hook or by crook. Forced to stay home cleaning dishes, cooking dinner, and playing bridge with the girls, he soon cooks up a plot to convince base psychiatrist Edward Platt that his wife is suffering from a nervous breakdown. Shot in brilliant Technicolor and in Cinemascope, this is 50s cinema eye candy par excellence, but the film also benefits from a snappy (and at times, quite daring) Tashlin screenplay. Besides the always wonderful Ewell, the film also features an hilarious performance by Rita Moreno as an air-headed beauty who gives him ideas.

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