Don't Go Near the Water

Don't Go Near the Water

Director: Charles Walters Cast: Bronislau Kaper
Bronislau Kaper
, Glenn Ford
Glenn Ford
, Gia Scala
Gia Scala
, Earl Holliman
Earl Holliman
Charles Walters
Don't Go Near the Water

Don't Go Near the Water

Director: Charles Walters Cast: Bronislau Kaper
Bronislau Kaper
, Glenn Ford
Glenn Ford
, Gia Scala
Gia Scala
, Earl Holliman
Earl Holliman
Charles Walters

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Overview

Obviously inspired by such service comedies as Mister Roberts and Operation Mad Ball, Don't Go Near the Water is a tribute to those "unsung heroes" of WW2: the men and women of the Navy's Public Relations Department. Thousands of miles away from the shooting war, Lt. Max Siegel (Glenn Ford) and the rest of the PR staff spend their time issuing colorful reports of Naval heroism and sucking up to visiting US dignitaries on a tiny South Sea island. Siegel and company also battle the anal-rententive pettiness of such superior officers as Lt. Cmdr. Clinton T. Nash (Fred Clark) and such potential foes as abrasive war correspondent Gordon Ripwell (Keenan Wynn). The feminine angle is provided by Gia Scala as Melora, a European-educated local girl, Anne Francis as by-the-book nurse Lt. Alice Tomlen, and Eva Gabor as women's magazine writer Deborah Aldrich. Particularly amusing is Mickey Shaughnessy as foul-mouthed seaman Farragut Jones, whose periodic barrages of profanity are invariably drowned out by the sound of a ratchet-horn (this was, after all, 1957). Don't Go Near the Water was based on the comic novel by ex-PR man William Brinkley.

Product Details

Release Date: 06/24/2011
UPC: 0883316338148
Original Release: 1957
Rating: NR
Source: Warner Archives
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:47:00
Sales rank: 31,432

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Glenn Ford Lieutenant
Gia Scala Melora Alba
Earl Holliman Adam Garrett
Anne Francis Lieutenant Alice Tomlen
Keenan Wynn Gordon Ripwell
Fred Clark Lt. Cmdr. Clinton Nash
Eva Gabor Deborah Aldrich
Russ Tamblyn Ensign Tyson
Jeff Richards Lt. Ross Pendleton
Mickey Shaughnessy Farragut Jones
Howard Smith Adm. Boatwright
Romney Brent Mr. Alba
Mary Wickes Janie
Jack Straw Lt. Cmdr. Gladstone
Robert Nichols Lt. Cmdr. Hereford
John Alderson Lt. Cmdr. Diplock
Jack Albertson Rep. George Jansen
Charles Watts Rep. Arthur Smithfield
Julian Rivero Mr. Seguro
Ike Gibson Lt. Cmdr. Pratt
Don Burnett Lt. Hepburn
Hugh Boswell Jerry Wakely
Wilson Wood Yeoman
John Dennis Cpl. Donohue
Steve Warren Seaman Flaherty
William Ogden Joyce Lt. Boone
Gregg Martell Boatswain
John L. Cason Seabee Metkoff, Onlooker at Building Construction
Paul Bryar Lt. Cmdr. Flaherty, Construction Officer
David Sharpe Sailor Doing Building Construction
Carey Loftin Navy Officer On Roof
Norman Grabowski Sailor Carrying Miss Aldrich's Luggage

Technical Credits
Charles Walters Director
Lawrence Weingarten Producer
Dorothy Kingsley Screenwriter
George Wells Screenwriter
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