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Skirts Ahoy! is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Sidney Lanfield released in USA on 28 may 1952 with Esther Williams

Skirts Ahoy! (1952)

Skirts Ahoy!
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Released in USA 28 may 1952
Length 1h49
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Musical theatre,    Musical
Rating57% 2.8535252.8535252.8535252.8535252.853525

Skirts Ahoy! is a 1952 MGM musical film shot in Technicolor and directed by Sidney Lanfield. It stars Esther Williams and Joan Evans.The films follows the adventures of several women who join the WAVES with sequences filmed on location at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. The film also features the film debut of Billy Eckstein.

Actors

Esther Williams

(Whitney Young)Jeff Donnell

(Giff)Joan Evans

(Mary Kate Yarbrough)Vivian Blaine

(Una Yancey)Roy Roberts

(Captain Graymont)
And :
Barry Sullivan
Keefe Brasselle
Dean Miller
Margalo Gillmore
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