Jim Hutton
Lt. Merle Wye
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The Horizontal Lieutenant is a 1962 American romantic comedy war film, based on the 1961 novel The Bottletop Affair by Gordon Cotler who was a Japanese interpreter for US Army Intelligence during World War II.
The Horizontal Lieutenant: Directed by Richard Thorpe. With Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Jack Carter, Jim Backus. A luckless army intelligence lieutenant finds himself stationed on a remote island army outpost during World War II, where all the action is between the sheets.
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- Comedy, Romance, War
- Richard Thorpe
- 1962-04-18
Stationed in Hawaii in World War II, Merle Wye, a 2d lieutenant in Army Intelligence, becomes enamored of Molly Blue, a former schoolmate, now an Army nurse. But because of his ineptitude on the intraservice baseball team, Merle is transferred to the remote American-held island of Rotohan.
- Richard Thorpe, William Shanks
- Jim Hutton
The Horizontal Lieutenant. At the end of World War II, Lt. Merle Wye (Jim Hutton) is given the task of capturing the sole remaining Japanese person on an American-controlled island in the...
- Romance, Comedy
- Richard Thorpe
- Janet Graves
- Jim Hutton
A luckless army intelligence lieutenant finds himself stationed on a remote island army outpost during World War II, where all the action is between the sheets.
- Richard Thorpe
- 8
The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
A luckless army intelligence lieutenant finds himself stationed on a remote island army outpost during World War II, where all the action is between the sheets.
