The Sailor Takes a Wife

The Sailor Takes a Wife

92 mins | Comedy, Romance | Dec. 28, 1945

While waiting in New York City to ship out to Europe, a sailor stops by a serviceman's canteen and meets a USO hostess. They immediately fall for each other and get married that night. However, when the sailor is notified that he has been reclassified as 4-F (unfit for service) by the Navy and then discharged, he and his new wife realize that, having to set up house before they expected to, they actually know very little about each other. Complications ensue.

The Sailor Takes a Wife

92 mins | Comedy, Romance | Dec. 28, 1945

The Sailor Takes a Wife
While waiting in New York City to ship out to Europe, a sailor stops by a serviceman's canteen and meets a USO hostess. They immediately fall for each other and get married that night. However, when the sailor is notified that he has been reclassified as 4-F (unfit for service) by the Navy and then discharged, he and his new wife realize that, having to set up house before they expected to, they actually know very little about each other. Complications ensue.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Sailor Takes a Wife
Directors Richard Whorf
Writers Anne Morrison Chapin, Chester Erskine, Whitfield Cook

Cast

Robert Walker

as John Hill

June Allyson

as Mary Hill

Hume Cronyn

as Freddie Potts

Audrey Totter

as Lisa Borescu

Reginald Owen

as Mr. Amboy

Gerald Oliver Smith

as Gerald - Freddie's Butler