The Horizontal Lieutenant
5.8
“It's the funniest service comedy since the War of 1812!”
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
21 people
Jim Hutton
Second Lt. Merle Wye
Known for
The Green Berets
Major Dundee
Paula Prentiss
Lt. Molly Blue
Known for
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
The Parallax View
Richard Thorpe
Also in
Three O'Clock in the Morning
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
Joe Pasternak
Also in
Unwanted Cinema
George Wells
Irving Aaronson
Jack Carter
Lt. Billy Monk
Known for
Alligator
Play It to the Bone
Gordon Cotler
Jim Backus
Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag
Known for
Gilligan's Island
Rebel Without a Cause
Charles McGraw
Col. Charles Korotny
Known for
The Birds
The Narrow Margin
Miyoshi Umeki
Akiko
Known for
Sayonara
Marty Ingels
Yeoman Leo Buckles
Known for
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
Richard Thorpe Director · George Wells Screenplay Gordon Cotler Author
Budget $1M · United States release April 18, 1962 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$1,020,000
Production
Euterpe Productions
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Distribution
Euterpe
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 18, 1962
Theatrical
Argentina
July 3, 1962
Denmark
May 17, 1965 · Theatrical
Finland
September 7, 1962 · Theatrical
France
January 18, 1963
Germany
August 3, 1962
Japan
May 1, 1962 · Theatrical
Mexico
October 25, 1962
Sweden
June 17, 1963 · Theatrical
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