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The Horizontal Lieutenant

It's the funniest service comedy since the War of 1812!
Apr 18, 1962 · 1h 30m
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Comedy
Romance
War

PLOT

A luckless army intelligence lieutenant finds himself stationed on a remote island army outpost during World War II, where all the action is between the sheets.

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CAST

Jim Hutton
Second Lt. Merle Wye
Paula Prentiss
Lt. Molly Blue
Jack Carter
Lt. Billy Monk
Jim Backus
Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
Charles McGraw
Col. Charles Korotny
Miyoshi Umeki
Akiko
Marty Ingels
Yeoman Leo Buckles
Lloyd Kino
Sgt. Jess Yomura
Directed by Richard Thorpe

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$1,020,000
Revenue
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Production
Euterpe Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country
US
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