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Give Me a Sailor

Give Me a Sailor

1938Movie⏱️ 1h 20mApproved
ComedyRomance
6.4
IMDB Rating
512 votes

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 Nanc...

Director
Elliott Nugent
Writers
Anne Nichols, Doris Anderson, Frank Butler
Stars
Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Betty Grable
Release Date
August 19, 1938
Language
English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Martha Raye
Martha Raye
as Letty Larkin
Bob Hope
Bob Hope
as Jim Brewster
Betty Grable
Betty Grable
as Nancy Larkin
Jack Whiting
Jack Whiting
as Walter Brewster
Clarence Kolb
Clarence Kolb
as CaptainTallant
J.C. Nugent
J.C. Nugent
as Mr. Larkin
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Bonnie Jean Churchill
as Ethel May Brewster
Nana Bryant
Nana Bryant
as Mrs. Minnie Brewster
Kathleen Lockhart
Kathleen Lockhart
as Mrs. Hawks
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John Henry Allen
as Messenger Boy

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Paramount Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

scene during opening creditstwo sistersfeel good romancescrewball comedytwo brothers

🎯 Categories

Feel-Good RomanceScrewball ComedyComedyRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Screwball farce finds Raye dominating proceedings.
by hitchcockthelegend2012-05-30
6/10

"Jim (Bob Hope) and Walter (Jack Whiting) are two brother sailors in the United States Navy. Walter plans to marry Nancy Larkin (Betty Grable) as soon as they get home, a problem since Jim is also in love with Nancy. So Jim hatches a plan with Nancy's more "low key" sister, Letty (Raye) to help break Walter and Nancy up. Letty agrees, only under one condition, he help her to win Walter! And so it unfolds, a series of scattergun dialogue and scenes as Hope and Raye get into all sorts of scrapes whilst trying to alter the trajectory of Cupid's arrow. There's no prizes fo..."

💡 Did You Know?

J.C. Nugent, who played Mr. Larkin, was the father of the movie's director; Elliott Nugent.

📖 Synopsis

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 Nanc...