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The Horizontal Lieutenant is a american film of genre War directed by Richard Thorpe released in USA on 18 april 1962 with Jim Hutton
The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)
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Add to a movie listThe Horizontal Lieutenant is a 1962 American romantic comedy war film, based on the 1961 novel The Bottletop Affair by Gordon Cotler. It is a military comedy about an unfortunate army intelligence lieutenant who finds himself isolated on a remote Japanese island army outpost during World War II. It stars Jim Hutton and Paula Prentiss and was directed by Richard Thorpe.
It was the last of four teamings between Hutton and Prentiss following Where the Boys Are, The Honeymoon Machine and Bachelor in Paradise.
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Merle Wye, a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army stationed in Hawaii, is attracted to nurse Molly Blue, but she barely gives him the time of day.Actors
Jim Hutton
(Second Lt. Merle Wye)
Paula Prentiss
(Lt. Molly Blue)
Jack Carter
(Lt. Billy Monk)
Jim Backus
(Cmdr. Jeremiah Hammerslag)
Charles McGraw
(Col. Charles Korotny)
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