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Released
1952 · FILM

Sailor Beware

They go down to the sea in ships… and come up with oceans of LAUGHTER!

Directed by
Runtime
108 min
ComedyMusicalRomance

Synopsis

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. Melvin, is allergic to women's cosmetics and his doctor prescribed ocean travel, so he decided to join the navy.

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Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Shot by Daniel L Fapp

Also known as

  • Seemann pass aufde
  • Seemann paß aufde
  • ¡Vaya par de marinos!es
  • La Polka des marinsfr
  • Attente ai marinai!it

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