
A smooth-talking sailor looking for a quick date meets an admiral's granddaughter and finds himself in a house full of top Navy officers, along with a couple of spies interested in plans for a new robot-controlled flight system..


Is it worth your time? Look, if you’re into 1930s slapstick and guys with giant grins, maybe. If you want a plot that makes sense, skip this one. It's the kind of movie that feels like it was written on the back of a cocktail napkin while the writers were at lunch. Joe E. Brown is doing his usual thing. He’s loud, he’...

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"Is it worth your time? Look, if you’re into 1930s slapstick and guys with giant grins, maybe. If you want a plot that makes sense, skip this one. It's the kind of movie that feels like it was written on the back of a cocktail napkin while the writers were at lunch. Joe E. Brown is doing his usual thing. He’s loud, he’s fast, and he’s constantly tripping over his own feet. Sometimes it’s funny, sometimes it just makes you wish the scene would end. The Setup It’s all about a sailor who thinks he..."
Alfred A. Cohn, Ernest Pagano, Paul Gerard Smith, H.M. Walker
United States

