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Horizontal Lieutenant (1961)

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Although the talented cast in this uninspired comedy do the best they can with their lines, nothing quite brings The Horizontal Lieutenant to an upright, stand-up-and-take-notice presence. Paula Prentiss as Lt. Molly Blue and Jim Hutton as Lt. Merle Wye are once again paired, this time as officers in action in the Pacific at the end of World War II. Lt. Wye is given the challenge of bringing in a lone Japanese hold-out on an island that was taken by the American forces many months earlier.

Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.

Comedy, Romance

Directed By: Richard Thorpe

On DVD: Jan 19, 1994

Cast

Jim Hutton
Second Lt. Merle Wye
Paula Prentiss
Lt. Molly Blue
Miyoshi Umeki
Akiko
Jim Backus
Cmdr. Jerry Hammerslag
Charles McGraw
Col. Charles Korotny
Marty Ingels
Yeoman Buckles
Yoshio Yoda
Sgt. Roy Tada
Argentina Brunetti
Jack Carter
Billy Monk
Lloyd Kino
Sgt. Jess Yomuru
Yuki Shimoda
Kobayashi
Linda Wong
Michido

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★★ (out of four) Amiable, but fairly dull comedy with Jim Hutton and Paula Prentiss. It's World War II and more action is happening between the sexes than on the battlefield. Jim Hutton plays Lieutenant Wye. It is the end of World War II in the Pacific. Wye is assigned to bring in a Japanese lone

September 25, 2009

Steve Smith

Cute but unspectacular military comedy. Winning cast though. Paula prentiss is most always enjoyable. Jim Hutton does a good job. Decent supporting cast. But, the film is on the stupid side.

June 24, 2005