The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956)Director:Frank Tashlin |
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The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956)Director:Frank Tashlin |
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| Tom Ewell | ... |
Gregory Whitcomb
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| Sheree North | ... |
Lt. Katy Whitcomb
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| Rita Moreno | ... |
Sandra Roberts
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| Rick Jason | ... |
Capt. Barney Sloan
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| Les Tremayne | ... |
Henry 'Hank' Gaxton
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Alice Reinheart | ... |
Capt. Grace Briggs
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| Gregory Walcott | ... |
Lt. Sweeney
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Jean Willes | ... |
Joan Sweeney
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| Edward Platt | ... |
Major Dunning - Psychiatrist
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Jacqueline Fontaine | ... |
Buxom Blonde at Party
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Michael Ross | ... |
Military Policeman
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Arthur Q. Bryan | ... |
Mr. Curtis
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Keith Vincent | ... |
Delivery boy
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Janice Carroll | ... |
WAAF sergeant
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Ralph Sanford | ... |
Gateman
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Yes, it's a mid-20th century 20th Century Fox eyeful, in Cinemascope with eye-popping colors, sumptuous locations, and the equally sumptuous Sheree North (whose warmth and naturalness, in spite of huge odds, suggest 20th really mishandled her). But the whole comic premise -- Ewell will stoop to any means to get his wife out of the military -- just isn't that funny, and it also makes our hero a selfish, unlikable lout. Add to that Frank Tashlin's usual breast-fetishizing (including the same busty-woman-with-two-milk-bottles gag he uses in "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"), and gender roles so prescribed that the sight of a man in an apron is supposed to be automatically hilarious, and it's clear that this is a vehicle running on fumes. Ewell's regular-guy act hasn't aged well, and a nearly no-name supporting cast edges timidly around the Cinemascope frame, afraid to rock the leaky boat.