Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.
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| Marlene Dietrich | ... | Bijou | |
| John Wayne | ... | Dan | |
| Albert Dekker | ... | Dr. Martin | |
| Broderick Crawford | ... | Little Ned | |
| Anna Lee | ... | Dorothy | |
| Mischa Auer | ... | Sasha | |
| Billy Gilbert | ... | Tony | |
| Richard Carle | ... | District Officer | |
| Samuel S. Hinds | ... | Governor | |
| Oskar Homolka | ... | Antro (as Oscar Homolka) | |
| Reginald Denny | ... | Captain Church | |
| Vince Barnett | ... | Bartender | |
| Herbert Rawlinson | ... | First Mate | |
| James Craig | ... | Ensign | |
| William Bakewell | ... | Ensign | |
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Bijou, a saloon singer with a reputation for inciting brouhahas, is one of several deportees from a south Pacific island to arrive at another U.S. protectorate, Boni Komba. She becomes very popular with U.S. navy men by performing at the 'Seven Sinners'. A navy Lieutenant is attracted to Bijou despite the Governor's machinations to keep them apart, and the competing affections of local mobster, Antro. Will the Lieutenant give up the navy for Bijou, and will he survive Antro's forces? Written by Gary Jackson <garyjack5@cogeco.ca>
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Country:
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25 October 1940 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$760,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Bijou: I'm the type of girl you're liable to find anywhere.
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Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Music by Friedrich Hollaender (as Frederick Hollander)
Sung by Marlene Dietrich (uncredited)
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Broderick Crawford replaced Victor McLaglen in the cast. See more »Quotes
Lt. Dan Brent: Imagine finding you here.Bijou: I'm the type of girl you're liable to find anywhere.
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The Man's in the Navy(1940)
Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Music by Friedrich Hollaender (as Frederick Hollander)
Sung by Marlene Dietrich (uncredited)
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This was a fair adventure story with some eccentric characters. For example:
Albert Dekker as "Dr. Martin, the musician; Broderick Crawford as "'Litle Ned' Finnegan," Marlene Dietrich's punch-happy protector, and Dietrich as 'Bijou Blanche," a cabaret singer bouncing from place to place.
Dietrich loved to play Cabaret singers and "Bijou Blanche" is a great name for her. She didn't look pretty in here, more grotesque with the super-thin eyebrows and tons of lipstick. She was definitely unappealing....and I like her, normally. Her "makeup" sins, if nothing else, made me dump this VHS.
Of note, John Wayne, Anna Lee, Mischa Auer, Billy Gilbert, Richard Carlson, Oscar Homolka, Reginald Denny and James Craig are all familiar names that add to the cast. Yet despite all the impressive names, I don't think it was that great. I wouldn't watch it again.