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Cast
Jack Oakie | As: Searchlight Doyle | |
Eugene Pallette | As: Hyacinth Nitouche | |
Lillian Roth | As: Adrienne | |
André Cheron | As: High Commissioner | |
Albert Conti | As: Captain |
Storyline
Searchlight Doyle, lightweight boxing champion of the United States Navy, is shanghaied into the fleet of Sainte Cassette, an island republic, as a replacement for a wealthy slacker who must serve his country to receive a $2 million inheritance, a scheme concocted by attorney Gabriel Grabowski. All his shipmates, except Hyacinth Nitouche, assume that he is indeed the wastrel he purports to be. Doyle falls in love with Adrienne, the most beautiful of the captain's daughters, and wins her affections by treating his comrades in her teashop. Admiral O'Brien, grandfather of the man Doyle is impersonating, comes to visit, and mistaking him for a civilian, Doyle throws him overboard and to everybody's surprise is complimented on his vigilance. But his real identity is exposed by some American sailors, and he is suspected of killing young O'Brien; he is cleared of suspicion, however, and is reinstated by the admiral, thereby gaining Adrienne's love.
Tagline: | Oh for the life of a sailor when the battleship's one big boudoir! it's a gloom Destroyer! |
Certification: | NR |
Cast
Jack Oakie |
Searchlight Doyle |
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Eugene Pallette |
Hyacinth Nitouche |
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Lillian Roth |
Adrienne |
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André Cheron |
High Commissioner |
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Albert Conti |
Captain |
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Harry Green |
Gabriel Grabowski |
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Jean Del Val |
Crosseti |
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Charles Sellon |
Adm. O'Brien |
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Tom Ricketts |
Commander |
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Billy Gilbert |
Naval Officer |
Directed By
Victor Heerman |
Director |
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Writing Credits
George Marion Jr. |
Story |
Production Crew
Edited By
Doris Drought |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Sound
Ralph Rainger |
Original Music Composer |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Allen G. Siegler |
Director of Photography |
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Lighting
Art Department
Other Crew
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