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Give Me a Sailor (1938)
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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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!
Rating:NR
Genre:Comedy, Romance
Written By:Frank Butler, Doris Anderson
In Theaters:8/19/1938
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Runtime:80 minutes
Studio:Paramount Pictures
Cast
Elliott Nugent
Director
Martha Raye
Letty Larkin
Bob Hope
Jim Brewster
Betty Grable
Nancy Larkin
Jack Whiting
Walter Brewster
Clarence Kolb
Captain Tallant
J. C. Nugent
Mr. Larkin
Bonnie Jean Churchill
Ethel May Brewster
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Brewster
John Henry Allen
Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
The Druggist (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
Sailor (uncredited)
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