Dean Martin
Al Crowthers
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Sailor Beware: Directed by Hal Walker. With Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Corinne Calvet, Marion Marshall. Although allergic to kissing girls, Seaman Melvin Jones, through a fluke TV appearance, gets the undeserved reputation of a great kisser dubbed "Mr. Temptation" and is pursued by amorous young females.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Hal Walker
- 1952-02-09
Sailor Beware is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Hal Walker and starring the comedy team of Martin and Lewis. It is an adaption of a 1933 Kenyon Nicholson and Charles Robinson play of the same name.
Sailor Beware! is a film adaptation of a stage play about a sailor who doubts marrying a woman with a domineering mother. The film stars Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton and Ronald Lewis, and features Michael Caine in a small role.
The slapstick farce Sailor Beware (1952) marked the fifth pairing of famed comedy duo Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. This time out, Martin and Lewis are Navy recruits, wreaking havoc on the United States armed forces.
Battle-axe Emma Hornett dominates her hen-pecked husband Henry, his meek sister Edie and daughter Shirley. Shirley is to marry young sailor Albert,raised in an orphanage,and he and best man Carnoustie stay with the Hornetts on the eve of the wedding.
Melvin, is allergic to women's cosmetics and his doctor prescribed ocean travel, so he decided to join the navy. Meeting in a navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers and Melvin Jones become friends. Al has tried to enlist before, but was always rejected. He keeps trying so that he can impress women.
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At a Navy recruitment center, allergy-prone Melvin Jones (Jerry Lewis) and suave singer Al Crowthers (Dean Martin), who has bum knees, fret about being accepted.
- Comedy
