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The Horizontal Lieutenant

The Horizontal Lieutenant

1962Movie⏱️ 1h 30mApproved
ComedyRomanceWar
5.8
IMDB Rating
527 votes

A luckless army intelligence lieutenant finds himself stationed on a remote island army outpost during World War II, where all the action is between the sheets.

Director
Richard Thorpe
Writers
George Wells, Gordon Cotler
Stars
Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Jack Carter
Release Date
April 18, 1962
Language
English, Japanese
Country
United States
💬 17
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Jim Hutton
Jim Hutton
as Second Lt. Merle Wye
Paula Prentiss
Paula Prentiss
as Lt. Molly Blue
Jack Carter
Jack Carter
as Lt. Billy Monk
Jim Backus
Jim Backus
as Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
Charles McGraw
Charles McGraw
as Col. Charles Korotny
Miyoshi Umeki
Miyoshi Umeki
as Akiko
Marty Ingels
Marty Ingels
as Yeoman Leo Buckles
Lloyd Kino
Lloyd Kino
as Sgt. Jess Yomura
Linda Wong
Linda Wong
as Michido
Yoshio Yoda
Yoshio Yoda
as Sgt. Roy Tada

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Filming Location
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Euterpe

🏷️ Keywords

pacific islandisolationtheftdisguisebaseball

🎯 Categories

ComedyRomanceWar

⭐ Featured Review

My bit about The Horizontal Lieutenant
by doufus2006-10-27
7/10

"I thought the movie at the time of its release was a great comedy. I watched it and was completely entertained. I was always a fan of Jim Hutton and to this day I think Paula Prentiss was one of the sexiest females in Hollywood. This statement comes at a time when Marilyn Monroe ruled that venue. So I was a fan of Hutton and had a crush on Prentiss. You could probably deduce that my consideration of this movie is influenced by those facts and you would probably be right. But, that is what made the movies like The Horizontal Lieutenant popular. Nice guys who were capable of drawing the audien..."

💡 Did You Know?

This is believed to be the first of a handful of films shot in the short lived Panacolor system. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer struck the U.S. release prints in their own lab under the Metrocolor label.

📖 Synopsis

A luckless army intelligence lieutenant finds himself stationed on a remote island army outpost during World War II, where all the action is between the sheets.