In the Navy
64 %|May 30, 1941|Comedy, Music, War
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.
Featured Crew
Arthur Lubin
Director
Arthur T. Horman
Screenplay
Arthur T. Horman
Story
John Grant
Screenplay
Jack Otterson
Art Direction
Alex Gottlieb
Associate Producer
Joseph A. Valentine
Director of Photography
Philip Cahn
Editor
Cast
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
Nick Condos
Dance Specialty
Steve Condos
Dance Specialty
Richard Alexander
Big Bruiser (uncredited)
Hooper Atchley
Senate Committee Member (uncredited)
Lois Austin
Secretary (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
Sailor in Finale (uncredited)
John Barton
Dance Hall Patron (uncredited)
Joe Bautista
Captain's Mess Boy (uncredited)
Gary Breckner
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Officer Dancer (uncredited)
Carole Costello
Baby in Stroller (uncredited)
Richard Crane
Office Boy (uncredited)
Harold Daniels
Secretary (uncredited)
William B. Davidson
Capt. Richards (uncredited)
Ray Dixon
Sailor (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Dance Hall Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited)
Virginia Engels
Office Secretary (uncredited)
Estelle Etterre
Well-Dressed Woman (uncredited)
Jim Farley
Policeman (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Military Officer (uncredited)
Edward Fielding
Commander Giving Speech (uncredited)
Pat Gleason
Sentry (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
Bare-Chested Sailor (uncredited)
Edna Hall
Fat Woman (uncredited)
Thurston Hall
Lead Senator (uncredited)
Barry Hays
Sentry (uncredited)
Doris Herbert
Mother in Audience (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Officer Dancer (uncredited)
J. Anthony Hughes
Deck Officer With Megaphone (uncredited)
Lee Kass
Dance Hall Bandleader (uncredited)
Robert Emmett Keane
Mr. Travers (uncredited)
Lyle Latell
Marine Sentry (uncredited)
Gayle Mellott
Sophisticated Girl Blowing Kiss (uncredited)
Sandra Morgan
Well-Dressed Woman (uncredited)
Chuck Morrison
Dump Truck Driver (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall
Lt. Scott (uncredited)
Patsy O'Byrne
Old Maid (uncredited)
Sunnie O'Dea
Dancer (uncredited)
Flower Parry
Radio Program Audience Member (uncredited)
Regis Parton
Sentry (uncredited)
Blanche Payson
Hatchet-Faced Woman (uncredited)
Frank Penny
Sailor in Deck-Cleaning Detail (uncredited)
Lorin Raker
Small Complaining Husband (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
Combative Civilian in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Jack Roper
Sailor (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Sailor (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Marine (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson
Combative Civilian in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Chief Commissary Steward (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Cop at Stage Door (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Sailor (uncredited)
Ken Terrell
Brawler in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Don Terry
Reef (uncredited)
Frankie Van
Sailor (uncredited)
Phil Warren
Sailor (uncredited)
Claire Whitney
Gushing Mother (uncredited)
Douglas Wood
Admiral (uncredited)