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In the Navy (1941) [NR]

Featuring:
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dick Powell

Written by:
Arthur T. Horman
John Grant

Directed by:
Arthur Lubin


Release Date:
May 30, 1941

Original Title:
In the Navy

Alternate Titles:
Abbot and Costello: In the Navy
Abbott and Costello in the Navy
Abbott y Costello en la marina

Genres:
Comedy | Music | War

Production Companies:
Universal Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 86

THE FLEET'S ALL IN...Since Those Riotous "Buck Privates" Abbott and Costello Joined Up!

Overview from TheMovieDB

Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.

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Overview from Open Movies

Russ Raymond, America's number one crooner, disappears and joins the Navy under the name Tommy Halstead. Dorothy Roberts, a magazine journalist, is intent on finding out what happened to Russ and she tries everything she can to get a picture of him to prove he's Russ Raymond. Tommy's friends, Pomeroy Watson and Smokey Adams,help him while Pomeroy writes love letters to Patty Andrews. But because Smokey makes Pomeroy lie about himself in the letters, and when Patty comes to the Navy base, she's furious at Pomeroy. When Pomeroy, Smokey, Tommy and the Andrews sisters set sail for Hawaii, Pomeroy discovers there's a tomato in the potato locker, and she's been snapping shots of Tommy the whole trip. Whether Pomeroy's proving that 7 x 13 = 28 - three different ways, having Smokey help him play ship captain for Patty, or falling out of his hammock, it's an Abbott and Costello classic.

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Rankings and Honors

In the Navy (1941) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.7/10
Awards Won: 1 nomination

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Production

Art Direction:
Jack Otterson

Assistant Art Director:
Harold H. MacArthur

Assistant Director:
Phil Karlson

Associate Producer:
Alex Gottlieb

Choreographer:
Nick Castle

Costume Design:
Vera West

Dialogue Coach:
Joan Hathaway

Director:
Arthur Lubin

Director of Photography:
Joseph A. Valentine

Editor:
Philip Cahn

Music Arranger:
Vic Schoen

Music Director:
Charles Previn

Music Supervisor:
Ted Cain

Screenplay:
Arthur T. Horman
John Grant

Set Decoration:
Russell A. Gausman

Sound:
Charles Carroll

Sound Supervisor:
Bernard B. Brown

Special Effects:
John P. Fulton

Story:
Arthur T. Horman

Stunt Double:
Pat Costello
Joseph La Cava

Stunts:
Ken Terrell

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