In the Navy [VHS]

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	Actor(s):	Bud Abbott Lou Costello Dick Powell Claire Dodd The Andrews Sisters
	Video by:	Universal Studios
	Sales Rank:	218343

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Actor(s):
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Dick Powell
Claire Dodd
The Andrews Sisters

Creators:
Joseph A. Valentine (Cinematographer)
Philip Cahn (Editor)
Alex Gottlieb (Producer)
Arthur T. Horman (Writer)
John Grant (Writer)

Director(s):
Arthur Lubin

Recording label: Universal Studios
EAN: 9786302142273
Binding: VHS Tape
ISBN: 630214227X
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC,
Release Date: 1992-03-01
Universal product code (UPC): 096898110136
Number of discs: 1
Audience rating: NR (Not Rated)

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After the huge success of Buck Privates (cleverly referenced in a spoofing credits sequence), Abbott and Costello traded army green for navy blue to play landlocked gobs sent to sea after six years in the service. The actual story belongs to Dick Powell, who plays a radio crooner who has ditched fame and fawning fans for the sailor's life, while an ambitious female reporter (Claire Dodd) shadows the singer and stows aboard his battleship to expose his secret. Meanwhile Bud Abbott continues to con the ever-gullible Lou Costello, and Costello woos Patty from the Andrews Sisters. Director Arthur Lubin overcomes bargain-basement production values (rear projection footage, toy boat special effects) with the snappy repartee and energetic by-play of his stars. Skit highlights include a typically crooked Bud Abbott shell game, a hysterical series of spit-gags (in which the boys keep cracking up on camera), Costello's mathematical proof that 7 times 13 equals 28, and the climactic toy boat fantasy of naval maneuvers gone mad, courtesy of Captain Costello. The Andrews Sisters sing four songs (including "Gimme Some Skin"), Dick Powell sings two, and the Condos brothers perform a delightful dance specialty act. The boys would once again overcome Lubin's lackluster direction in their next release, Hold That Ghost, which was actually shot before this film. --Sean Axmaker

Running time: 86 minutes