Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.
Acting
Costello's physical comedy steals every scene he's in.
Production
Genuine Navy cooperation filmed aboard the USS Alabama.
Director
Arthur Lubin
Bud Abbott
Smokey Adams
Lou Costello
Pomeroy Watson
Dick Powell
Thomas Halstead
Claire Dodd
Dorothy Roberts
Laverne Andrews
Laverne Andrews
Maxene Andrews
Maxene Andrews
Patty Andrews
Patty Andrews
Dick Foran
Dynamite Dugan
Billy Lenhart
Butch
Kenneth Brown
Buddy
Shemp Howard
Dizzy
Steve Condos
Dance Specialty
Richard Alexander
Big Bruiser (uncredited)
Hooper Atchley
Senate Committee Member (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Andrews Sisters' hit 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy' was written specifically for this film and became their signature song.
Released four months before Pearl Harbor, this was part of a wave of service comedies that accidentally prepared audiences for actual wartime sacrifice.
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