Dangerous When Wet
6.3
“MGM's splashy Technicolor musical!”
The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One day, traveling health-tonic salesman, Windy Weebe, comes to town and suggests they could swim the English Channel. Sponsored by "Liquapep" and coached by Windy, the family arrive in Europe. There it is decided that daughter Katie is the only one strong enough to enter the contest. But while she should be focused on the difficult and risky task ahead, Katie is pursed by dashing Frenchman, André Lanet... This comedic musical is well remembered for the scene when Katie dreams she is swimming with cartoon characters Tom & Jerry!
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Cast
44 people
Esther Williams
Katy Higgins
Known for
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
A Guy Named Joe
Fernando Lamas
Andre Lanet
Known for
100 Rifles
The Lost World
Jack Carson
Windy Webbe
Known for
Mildred Pierce
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Charlotte Greenwood
Ma Higgins
Known for
Oklahoma!
Denise Darcel
Gigi Mignon
Known for
Vera Cruz
Westward the Women
William Demarest
Pa Higgins
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
The Lady Eve
Donna Corcoran
Junior Higgins
Known for
Don't Bother to Knock
Moonfleet
Barbara Whiting
Suzie Higgins
Also in
Beware, My Lovely
Those Whiting Girls
Bunny Waters
Greta
Also in
Bathing Beauty
Maisie Goes to Reno
Henri Letondal
Joubert
Known for
Monkey Business
The Big Sky
Paul Bryar
Pierre
Known for
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Killer Is Loose
Jack Raine
Stuart Frye
Known for
Julius Caesar
The Killing of Sister George
Charles Walters Director · Dorothy Kingsley Writer Arthur Schwartz Composer
Worldwide gross $3.3M · Budget $1.5M · United States release June 18, 1953
Box office
Budget
$1,465,000
Worldwide gross
$3,255,000
Gross vs. budget
2.2×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · June 18, 1953
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States · July 17, 2007
Physical · DVD
United States
July 3, 1953 · Theatrical
June 27, 2023 · Physical · Blu-ray
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