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The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945)

Comedy Romance

While waiting in New York City to ship out to Europe, a sailor stops by a serviceman's canteen and meets a USO hostess. They immediately fall for each other and get married that night. However, when the sailor is notified that he has been reclassified as 4-F (unfit for service) by the Navy and then discharged, he and his new wife realize that, having to set up house before they expected to, they actually know very little about each other. Complications ensue.

Updated May 31 2020

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US -

1945-12-28

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FACTS

Runtime: 92 mins Revenue: $2,559,000 Budget: $1,012,000 Rating: 0.0 Tag Line: HIS NIGHT TO HOWL... just married– just out of the Navy– just out in the cold! HER NIGHT TO DREAM... She feels so safe, with hubby in the house!

Cast

Reginald Owen

Mr. Amboy

Hume Cronyn

Freddie Potts

Robert Walker

John Hill

Audrey Totter

Lisa Borescu

June Allyson

Mary Hill

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Harry

Gerald Oliver Smith

Gerald - Freddie's Butler

Crew

Cotton Warburton

Editor

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

Edwin B. Willis

Set Decoration

Edward C. Carfagno

Art Direction

Whitfield Cook

Writer

Richard Whorf

Director

Chester Erskine