Sailor Beware (1951)
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Using elements of two earlier films, The Fleet's In and Lady Be Careful, Paramount came up with the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis vehicle Sailor Beware. As usual, Jerry Lewis is the helpless goof and Dean Martin the suave ladies' man; this time Lewis is a navy recruit while Martin is his submarine-officer buddy. The film skips from one comic setpiece to another (the best is a parody of radio audience participation shows) until it reaches the slapstick climax: A boxing match pitting Lewis against the navy champion. After a few very funny moments in which Lewis pretends to be a punch drunk pug, the match commences, much to the dismay of Lewis and the delight of his fervent fan following. Martin makes good use of his screen time by romancing an "ice princess" movie star (Corinne Calvert), who of course melts once Dino turns on the charm. Betty Hutton, star of Sailor Beware's precursor The Fleet's In, pops up at the beginning and end of the Martin/Lewis epic as "Hetty Button." And watch for an unbilled James Dean as one of the team's shipmates. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Dean Martin - Al Crowthers
- Corinne Calvet - Herself
- Robert Strauss - Lardoski
- Don Wilson - Mr. Chubby
- Skip Homeier - Mac
- Mike Mahoney - Tiger
- Drew Cahill - Bull
- Stephen Gregory - McDurk
- Richard Karlan - Guard
- Robert Carson - Navy Captain
- Elaine Stewart - Lt. Saunders
- Elaine Riley - Commentator
- Mary Murphy - Pretty Girl
- Eddie Simms - Killer Jackson
- John Close - Hospital Corpsman
- Donald MacBride - Chief Bos'n Mate
- Louis Jean Heydt - Navy Doctor
- James Flavin - Petty Officer
- Richard Emory - Petty Officer
- Jerry Lewis - Melvin Jones
- Marion Marshall - Hilda Jones
- Leif Erickson - Commander Lane
- Vince Edwards - Blayden
- Dan Barton - 'Bama
- Mary Treen - Ginger
- James Dean - In boxing scene
- Jerry Hausner - Corpsman
- Duke Mitchell - Second
- Danny Arnold - Turk
- Dick Stabile - Band Leader
- Marshall Reed - Corpsman
- Larry McGrath - Referee
- Irene Martin - Girl
- Darr Smith - Jeff Spencer
- Betty Hutton - Guest
- Don Haggerty - Lt. Connors
- Jimmie Dundee - Bartender
- Director(s):
- Hal Walker
- Writer(s):
- James Allardice, Martin Rackin, John Grant
- Producer(s):
- Hal B. Wallis
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