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Release Date:
16 August 1961 (USA) more
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Fits either sex ...... and makes nothing but LAUGHTER!
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As Lieutenant Fergie Howard and Ensign Beau Gilliam are playing poker on board their ship, "El Mira"... more | add synopsis
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Jack Weston is hilarious, McQueen tries hard more (13 total)

Cast

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Steve McQueen ... Lt. Ferguson 'Fergie' Howard
Brigid Bazlen ... Julie Fitch
Jim Hutton ... Jason Eldridge
Paula Prentiss ... Pam Dunstan
Dean Jagger ... Admiral Fitch
Jack Weston ... Signalman Burford Taylor
Jack Mullaney ... Lt. Beauregard 'Beau' Gilliam
Marcel Hillaire ... Inspector of casino games
Ben Astar ... Russian consul
William Lanteau ... Tommy Dane
Ken Lynch ... Capt. James Angle
Simon Scott ... Capt. Harvey Adam
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Runtime:
87 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Quotes:
Lt. Fergie Howard: Beau'll join you as soon as he gets into his civvies.
Lt. Beau Gilliam: My civvies?
Lt. Fergie Howard: You brought 'em, didn't ya?
Lt. Beau Gilliam: Yeah. But I won't wear 'em, Fergie.
Lt. Fergie Howard: I beg your pardon?
Lt. Beau Gilliam: Well you saw the duty board this morning. We were specifically ordered to wear whites. Any officer caught ashore in his civvies is gonna have his tail in a sling. And the order was signed by Admiral Fitch himself.
Lt. Fergie Howard: Old Foghorn.
Jason Eldridge: Fergie, we agreed not to break any regulations we didn't have to.
Lt. Fergie Howard: Uh huh. But we have to. We can't get into the casino in Navy uniforms. It's off limits.
Lt. Beau Gilliam: Off limits? And in civvies too? I'll be breaking two regulations at once!
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References Destry Rides Again (1939) more
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Love Is Crazy more

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Jack Weston is hilarious, McQueen tries hard, 4 June 2002
Author: JOHNBATES-1 from California

In an era when the portrayal of the stumbling drunk hadn't become tragic and offensive, this movie has Jack Weston working his versatile magic with just such a role. He creates some moments of real humor.

McQueen gives it a hard try at being comedic and succeeds much of the time with his own style. Dean Jagger is a great foil for all the madcap goings on. For hot rod T-bucket fans there's Norm Grabowski, so called 'father of the T-bucket', working the on-board blinker.

A lightweight, silly comedy not to be viewed as anything else.

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