The horizontal lieutenant movie

The horizontal lieutenant is a 1962 american romantic comedy war film, based on the 1961 novel the bottletop affair by gordon cotler who was a japanese interpreter for us army intelligence during world war ii. Available on itunes again and again, a japanese raider strikes on an americanheld pacific island. This item ships rolled to insure maximum protection. This statement comes at a time when marilyn monroe ruled that venue. Brand new and packaged carefully in a oversized protective tube. Customers who viewed this item also viewed these digital items. Hapless second lieutenant merle wye of the us armys intelligence service is dismayed that he has not seen any action he imagining himself as a suave undercover agent, worming secrets out of exotic female spies. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Merle wye, who majored in french but was assigned to the intelligence groups japanese interpretation unit, is given the daunting task of finding and stopping the marauding rascal.

Stealing fruitcake, smoked oysters, even fish from the military larder. Stealing smoked oysters, fish from the military larder. Jim hutton, paula prentiss, jack carter, jim backus, charles mcgraw, miyoshi umeki. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. With world war ii coming to a close, the american military in hawaii plays softball and chases nurses. Metrogoldwynmayer euterpe, inc turner entertainment co warner home video firm.

Wye is a bumbling fool, however, clumsy and awkward, so when levelheaded lt. The fifth teaming of romanticcomedy duo hutton and prentiss comes up a misfire. Merle wye dreams of secret agent exploits cute, gets beaned with a baseball funny. The horizontal lieutenant 1962 the movie database tmdb. But, that is what made the movies like the horizontal lieutenant popular. Watch the horizontal lieutenant movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. The horizontal lieutenant was reproduced on premium heavy stock paper which captures all of the vivid colors and details of the original. Opening credits walt disney presents, a dodie smith film, the horizontal lieutenant, story by bill peet, dodie smith, based on the parent trap book by.

The horizontal lieutenant movie trailer and videos tv guide. The horizontal lieutenant promo movie pressbook jim. Though they are quite different in temperament and intelligence, the. Merle wye are once again paired, this time as officers in action in the pacific at the end of world war ii. Merle wye, a lieutenant stationed on an island in the south pacific circa 1944. Merle wye jim hutton is given the task of capturing the sole remaining japanese person on an americancontrolled island in the. The horizontal lieutenant remastered, manufactured on. Im not sure why i decided to start with this one, apart from being in the mood for a military comedy, a genre which was once quite popular but now has fallen into the. The horizontal lieutenant movie poster print 27 x 40. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Merle wye jim hutton is given the task of capturing the sole remaining japanese person on an americancontrolled island in the pacific. With jim hutton, paula prentiss, jack carter, jim backus.

The horizontal lieutenant 1962 directed by richard. Horizontal lieutenant, the 1962 vintage original movie poster u. The horizontal lieutenant, dvd, remastered, manufactured on demand, comedyclassic, 883316338155. Hutton is an accidentprone lieutenant given the task of flushing out a harmless. The horizontal lieutenant movie tv listings and schedule.

A military comedy about a luckless army intelligence lieutenant who finds himself stationed on a remote island army outpost during world war ii, where all the action is between the sheets. 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, standupandtakenotice presence. David list, tom acosta, norman carlise, cotton warburton, stop. The horizontal lieutenant 1962 stream and watch online. Released 1962, the horizontal lieutenant stars jimhutton, paulaprentiss, jackcarter, jimbackus the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 30 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. The horizontal lieutenant 1962 at the end of world war ii, lt. 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. The horizontal lieutenant richard thorpe this was one of the entries on the list of the coen bros favorite movies that was making the rounds recently. The title the horizontal lieutenant clues one in immediately that this was a flick that could only have been made in the 1960s, and indeed it was. The horizontal lieutenant adalah seorang film perang komedi romansa amerika serikat tahun 1962, berdasarkan pada novel tahun 1961 the bottletop affair karya gordon cotler yang menjadi penerjemah jepang untuk us army intelligence pada perang dunia ii. You could probably deduce that my consideration of this movie is influenced by those facts and you would probably be right. The horizontal lieutenant is a weak farce made from secondhand ideas and glued together with more witless slapstick comedy than a tv show with a laugh track.

Warner archive collection the horizontal lieutenant. The horizontal lieutenant was their final film, after where the boys are 1960, the honeymoon machine 1961, and bachelor in paradise 1961. A japanese raider strikes on an americanheld pacific island. Molly blue paula prentiss while he attempts to track down a japanese soldier who has been stealing supplies. A fasttalking american officer, a wily japanese holdout and a lot of nurses add up to fun and romance for the horizontal lieutenant. Although the film is set in the waning days of wwii, the movies sensibilities not to mention the womens hairstyles seem firmly stuck in the early 60s. Merle wye, who majored in french but was assigned to the intelligence groups japanese. Buy the horizontal lieutenant movie posters from movie poster shop. Clearly, with a title like that, its going to be a comedy, have an armed service setting and lean either toward romance or sex, all of which is the case. Based on the novel the bottletop affair by gordon cotler. The horizontal lieutenant is a 1962 american romantic comedy war film, based on the 1961 novel the bottletop affair by gordon cotler. So i was a fan of hutton and had a crush on prentiss.

Director richard thorpes 1962 military comedy stars jim hutton, paula prentiss, miyoshi umeki, jim backus, jack carter, marty ingels, charles mcgraw and argentina brunetti. The horizontal lieutenant has been ranked 73 times, wins 57. Opening logos distributed by buena vista distribution co. The diamonds sing the horizontal lieutenant movie theme. Jim hutton is so funny in this movie the poor thing cant stop getting hit in the head. The horizontal lieutenant dvd, 2011 for sale online ebay. Film tersebut adalah sebuah film komedi militer tentang letnan intelijensi tentara tak beruntung yang menemukan bahwa ia terisolasi pada sebuah.