Don't Go Near the Water (1957)
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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… More 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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Charles Walters
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Romance, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 14, 1957 Wide
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Cast
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Glenn Ford
as Lt. Max Siegel
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Gia Scala
as Melora
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Anne Francis
as Lt. Alice Tomlen
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Earl Holliman
as Adam Garrett
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Keenan Wynn
as Gordon Ripwell
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Fred Clark
as Lt. Cmdr. Clinton Nash
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Eva Gabor
as Deborah Aldrich
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Russ Tamblyn
as Ensign Tyson
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Jeff Richards
as Lt. Ross Pendelton
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Mickey Shaughnessy
as Farragut Jones
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Howard I. Smith
as Adm. Boatwright
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Romney Brent
as Mr. Alba
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Mary Wickes
as Janie
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Jack Straw
as Lt. Cmdr. Gladstone
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Robert Nichols
as Lt. Cmdr. Hereford
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John Alderson
as Lt. Cmdr. Diplock
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Jack Albertson
as Rep. George Jansen
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Charles Watts
as Rep. Arthur Smithfield
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Hugh Boswell
as Jerry Wakely
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Paul Bryar
as Lieutenant Commander Flaherty
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John Dennis
as Corporal Donohue
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Gregg Martell
as Boatswain
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Julian Rivero
as Mr. Seguro
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Steve Warren
as Seaman
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Wilson Wood
as Yeoman
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Don Burnett
as Lieutenant Hepburn
