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 (Glenn Ford) and the… 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

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 42 min.
Directed By: Charles Walters
Genres: Action & Adventure, Romance, Classics, Comedy

In Theaters: Nov 14, 1957 Wide
On DVD: Jan 19, 1994

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Cast

            Glenn Ford as Lt. Max Siegel

            Gia Scala as Melora

            Anne Francis as Lt. Alice Tomlen

            Earl Holliman as Adam Garrett

            Keenan Wynn as Gordon Ripwell

            Fred Clark as Lt. Cmdr. Clinton Nash

            Eva Gabor as Deborah Aldrich

            Russ Tamblyn as Ensign Tyson

            Jeff Richards as Lt. Ross Pendelton

            Mickey Shaughnessy as Farragut Jones

            Howard I. Smith as Adm. Boatwright

            Romney Brent as Mr. Alba

            Mary Wickes as Janie

            Jack Straw as Lt. Cmdr. Gladstone

            Robert Nichols as Lt. Cmdr. Hereford

            John Alderson as Lt. Cmdr. Diplock

            Jack Albertson as Rep. George Jansen

            Charles Watts as Rep. Arthur Smithfield

            Hugh Boswell as Jerry Wakely

            Paul Bryar as Lieutenant Commander Flaherty

            John Dennis as Corporal Donohue

            Gregg Martell as Boatswain

            Julian Rivero as Mr. Seguro

            Steve Warren as Seaman

            Wilson Wood as Yeoman

            Don Burnett as Lieutenant Hepburn
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