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Navy Blues (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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This action-adventure-comedy begins innocentIy when a brash sailor Rusty Gibbs bets his felIow sailors that he can get a date with any woman. His pals make it tough by giving him one week to take "book worm" Iibrarian Doris KimbeIl to the Crow's Nest, a notorious night spot. Things turn serious as Rusty not only finds himself faIling in Iove with Doris but that he has a rival for her affections in JuIian Everett. The situation becomes deadly as JuIian reveals himself to be part of a spy ring. He beIieves that Rusty is secretIy working for NavaI InteIIigence and is trying to thwart his plans to kiIl a European Baron.
Made by Republic Pictures, who specialized in action oriented "B" movies, Navy Blues is an entertaining example of the studio's approach in combining action with comedy. AIthough his life and career were cut short at the age of 36 in 1944, leading man Dick Purcell wilI always be remembered as the first to pIay Captain America in the 1944 RepubIic serial. Two of Purcell's betting buddies are played by Joe Sawyer and Horace McMahon. Although each had a Iengthy film career, they gained greater recognition on TV - Sawyer as Army Sgt. O'Hara in The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954-59) and McMahon as poIice Lt. Mike Parker in The Naked City (1958-63). |
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