Give Me a Sailor
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“3 CHEERS! RAYE! RAYE! RAYE!”
Jim and Walter are two brother sailors in the United States Navy. Walter tells Jim as soon as they get home he is going to ask his beautiful girlfriend, Nancy Larkin to marry him. But Jim is also in love with Nancy so he begs Nancy's ugly duckling sister, Letty to help break Walter and Nancy up. Letty agrees only under one condition, he help her to win Walter!
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Cast
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Martha Raye
Letty Larkin
Known for
Monsieur Verdoux
Hellzapoppin'
Bob Hope
Jim Brewster
Known for
The Ghost Breakers
The Cat and the Canary
Betty Grable
Nancy Larkin
Known for
How to Marry a Millionaire
I Wake Up Screaming
Jack Whiting
Walter Brewster
Also in
Sailing Along
The Life of the Party
Clarence Kolb
Captain Tallant
Known for
His Girl Friday
Adam's Rib
J. C. Nugent
Mr. Larkin
Known for
A Star Is Born
The Big House
Bonnie Jean Churchill
Ethel May Brewster
No other roles listed
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Brewster
Known for
Harvey
The Reluctant Dragon
John Henry Allen
Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Also in
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Wedding Present
Irving Bacon
The Druggist (uncredited)
Known for
Shadow of a Doubt
A Star Is Born
Bobby Barber
Sailor (uncredited)
Known for
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Eddie Borden
Reporter (uncredited)
Known for
A Chump at Oxford
The Flying Deuces
Elliott Nugent Director · Frank Butler Screenplay Doris Anderson Screenplay
United States release August 19, 1938 · Produced in United States
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 19, 1938
Theatrical
United States · October 8, 2002
Physical · DVD
United States
April 29, 2014 · Physical · DVD
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