The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949)
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Synopsis of The Lady Takes a Sailor
Though she may have won an Oscar in 1948, Jane Wyman still had a Warner Bros. contract to fulfill, even if it meant appearing in frivolities like The Lady Takes a Sailor. It all begins when Jennifer (Wyman), the head of an oceanographic research institute, claims to have made a fascinating underwater discovery. It is suspected that she's made this claim so that her funding will be continued, so the money-men send Bill Craig (Dennis Morgan) to investigate. Disguised as a sailor, Bill accompanies Jennifer on her next expedition, just to see if her story was true. Jennifer falls in love with Bill, neglecting her work in the process. When Bill is revealed to be a fake, things look bleak--but not for long. Eve Arden has all the best lines as Jane Wyman's sarcastic best friend (the sort of role Wyman used to play in her blonde-ingenue days). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of The Lady Takes a Sailor
- Jane Wyman - Jennifer Smith
- Eve Arden - Susan Wayne
- Allyn Joslyn - Ralph Whitcomb
- Lina Romay - Racquel Riviera
- William Frawley - Oliver Harker
- Craig Stevens - Danvers
- Kenneth Britton - Davis
- Russ Conway - Constables
- Leslie Kimmell - Conrad Updike
- John McGuire - Coast Guard Officer
- George Spaulding - Adm. Morell
- Walter Shumway - Dr. Coombs
- Emil Rameau - Dr. Mittenwald
- Ray Montgomery - Lab Man
- Jack Lee - Capt. Cutter
- Ray Erlenborn - Photographer
- John Morgan
- Robert Malcolm - Chief of Police
- Hallene Hill - Flower Woman
- Luther Crockett - Doctor
- Harry V. Cheshire - Judge Vardon
- Dennis Morgan - Bill Craig
- Robert Douglas - John Tyson
- Tom Tully - Henry Duckworth
- Fred Clark - Victor Santell
- Charles Meredith - Dr. McKewen
- Stanley Prager - Taxi Driver
- Jack Boyle - Interne
- Len Hendry
- Ruth Lewis - Miss Clark
- Tom Stevenson - Institute Guide
- Olan Soule - Secretary
- Dick Ryan - Apartment House Clerk
- Kenneth Patterson - Reporter
- Joe McTurk - Waiter
- Phyllis Godfrey - Hilda
- Wendy Lee - Telephone Operator
- Josephine Whittell
- Ruth Lee - Miss Brand
- John Halloran - Homer Benton
- Frank Cady - Mr. Crane
- Director(s):
- Michael Curtiz
- Writer(s):
- Everett Freeman, Jerry Gruskin
- Producer(s):
- Harry Kurnitz
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