Sailor watch out
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Sailor watch out |
| Original title | Sailor Beware |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1952 |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Hal Walker |
| script |
James Allardice Martin Rackin |
| production | Hal B. Wallis |
| music |
Leigh Harline Joseph J. Lilley |
| camera | Daniel L. Fapp |
| occupation | |
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Seemann paß auf (Original title: Sailor Beware ) is an American comedy film from 1952, based on a play by Kenyon Nicholson . This film is one of the numerous comedies of a similar style that Hal B. Wallis produced for Paramount with the duo Martin & Lewis , which are also very popular on the show stage . The German-language premiere took place on August 15, 1952.
action
Melvin Jones joins the Navy, following the advice of his doctor, who hopes there will be an improvement in Melvin's numerous allergies (including lipstick). There he meets nightclub singer Al Crowthers, who hopes for better chances with the ladies if he wears a uniform. Since Melvin is very different from the other sailors in his naive way, to his chagrin all the women on board are after him, which makes him move from one embarrassment to the next.
When Melvin falls in love with Hilda Jones (who wears no make-up), this relationship is put to a severe test: Al and officer Lardoski keep betting which woman should kiss him (and vice versa); including the singer Corinne Calvet. Melvin, who has meanwhile been enlightened about the bet, now tries by all means to elicit the kiss from Calvet, which increases Hilda's jealousy more and more. After Lardoski even arrested him in order to win the bet, Melvin escaped in a hula skirt, snatched the kiss, won the bet and sailed into the future with the reconciled Hilda.
background
This was the fifth of a total of 16 films that Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin made together. In a cameo , Betty Hutton can be seen, who plays a woman named "Hetty Button" in one scene. Furthermore, James Dean , who was still unknown at the time, can be seen in a small role in the locker room, he had a line of dialogue with the sentence: "That guy's a professional!"
criticism
The lexicon of international films saw a "crazy joke, rich in childish ideas and only sometimes blessed with original slapstick interludes."
Bosley Crowther recognized the couple's comedy, but saw the film tailored to the two main actors (and Lewis in particular), whose routines worked, but in the long run this was insufficient and fatigued.
Web links
- Sailor watch out in the Internet Movie Database (English)