The hilarious adventures of three torpedoed American sailors on an isolated Pacific island during WW2.The hilarious adventures of three torpedoed American sailors on an isolated Pacific island during WW2.The hilarious adventures of three torpedoed American sailors on an isolated Pacific island during WW2.
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Eddie Acuff
- Sailor
- (uncredited)
Luis Alberni
- Jerry - Native with Laundry
- (uncredited)
Baudelio Alva
- Queen's Guard
- (uncredited)
Aggie Auld
- Native Girl
- (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
- Native Banana Man
- (uncredited)
Lena Belle
- Native Girl
- (uncredited)
Yvonne De Carlo
- Lona's Companion
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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- TriviaOne of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Seattle Friday 20 February 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7); it later aired in Omaha 25 September 1959 on KETV (Channel 7), in Columbus 23 January 1960 on WBNS (Channel 10), in Pittsburgh 1 February 1960 on KDKA (Channel 2), in Johnstown 7 May 1960 on WJAC (Channel 6), in Detroit 28 July 1960 on WJBK (Channel 2), in San Francisco 6 August 1960 on KPIX (Channel 5), in Cincinnati 7 October 1960 on WKRC (Channel 12), and in Minneapolis 20 October 1960 on WTCN (Channel 11). At this time, color broadcasting was in its infancy, limited to only a small number of high rated programs, primarily on NBC and NBC affiliated stations, so these film showings were all still in B&W. Viewers were not offered the opportunity to see these films in their original Technicolor until several years later.
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I, too, first saw it in theaters as a kid. To a kid: the most exciting thing about a (duh!) musical is the action! In one scene, while the pilots are trying to get off the isolated island on which they crashed, one is nearly swallowed by a flesh-eating plant that looked more like a giant artichoke. Cool! Then their ingenuity (didn't know what the word meant when I was a kid) came up as they captured a Japanese plane that had landed there. To turn the "Zero" red ball of the Japanese flag into an Army Air Corps U.S. star, they used plant dies to paint it on the wings. Unfortunately, as they flew near a U.S. flattop, a sudden tropical rain came up and washed away the "star" pattern, leaving the original "Zero". The ship began to fire at them !!!
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- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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