Don't Go Near the Water
- Original title
- Don't Go Near the Water
- Year
- 1957
- Running time
- 107 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Glenn Ford
- Gia Scala
- Earl Holliman
- Anne Francis
- Keenan Wynn
- Fred Clark
- Eva Gabor
- Russ Tamblyn
- Jeff Richards
- Mickey Shaughnessy
- Jack Albertson
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Adventure. Comedy. Romance | II World War
- Synopsis
- On a small island in the South Pacific, the Navy's P.R. department is spending WWII without getting near a ship. Lt. Max Siegal is the Second in command to a clueless Commanding Officer who believes Sea Duty to be the worst punishment he can give one of his men. Siegal has to keep the foreign correspondents happy, keep his Commander out of trouble and figure out a way for one of the enlisted sailors to date the lady Lieutenant of his dreams - all while convincing a certain island schoolteacher that he's the man for her.
- Awards
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1957: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Film - Comedy/Musical and Actor (Ford)1957: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Comedy Screenplay1958: Golden Laurel Top Male Comedy Performance (Glenn Ford)
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