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- Release Date: 1938
- Runtime: 80 min
- Genre: Comedy
- Starring: Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Betty Grable, Jack Whiting ... see all
- Director: Elliott Nugent
- Plot: 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... Read more
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Martha Raye's Legs Were the Sexiest?
Sep 24, 2007
bkoganbing - imdb.com
Sep 24, 2007bkoganbing - imdb.com
A few years after Give Me a Sailor was out, Betty Grable finally hit the big time over at 20th Century Fox. Those beautiful legs of her's on which perched the USA's all American girl were her stock and trade.... Full review
So messy it's hard to follow...but not bad.
Dec 23, 2006
ellaf - imdb.com
Dec 23, 2006ellaf - imdb.com
The problem with that movie is that each scene works well separately but there's no much coherence in the end. It should have been edited some other way.Martha Raye is featured here and, when you're able to look further than... Full review
Includes some of Raye's best scenes.
Dec 11, 2002
rsoonsa - imdb.com
Dec 11, 2002rsoonsa - imdb.com
A fine example of screwball farce, SAILOR showcases the unique and variegated talents of irrepressible Martha Raye as one of a pair of Larkin sisters, each of whom is after one of a pair of U. S. Navy Brewster brothers,... Full review
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Martha Raye is clearly the star of Give Me a Sailor, though Bob Hope, in his third feature film, has a few worthwhile moments.
Betty Grable would have been the likely candidate for the roles of Legs Larkin, but this in fact is the character name of Martha Raye, who (in the picture) defeats Grable in a beautiful legs contest!
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