Sailor's Holiday

Feb 24, 1944

1h 0m

★ 0.0

IT'S FUN AHOY WHEN THREE SAILORS TAKE A HOLIDAY

Overview

In this comedy, three merchant marines get into all kinds of trouble. Two of the salts have just broken off their engagements after meeting other, more desirable women.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

'Marblehead' Tomkins

Arthur Lake

Clementine Brown

Jane Lawrence

Bill Hayes

Bob Haymes

Gloria Flynn

Shelley Winters

Jerome 'Iron Man' Collins

Lewis Wilson

Fred Baxter

Edmund MacDonald

Vi Athens

Heinie Conklin

Eddie Bruce

Jack Evans

Ann Miller

Pat O'Malley

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