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Director
  
Elliott Nugent

Music director
  
Bronislaw Kaper

Duration
  

Language
  
English

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy

Screenplay
  
Dorothy Kingsley

Country
  
United States

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Release date
  
1950

Writer
  
Dorothy Kingsley, William J. Lederer (magazine article)

Cast
  
Robert Walker
(Cmdr. William J. Lattimer),
Joan Leslie
(Daphne Lattimer),
Edward Arnold
(Adm. Homer Thorndyke),
Spring Byington
(Agnes Thorndyke),
Leon Ames
(Dr. Philip Abbott),
Jan Sterling
(Rita Rossini)

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Tagline
  
The funniest comedy ever made of home sweet home!

The Skipper Surprised His Wife is a 1950 film directed by Elliott Nugent. It stars Robert Walker and Joan Leslie.

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Plot

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The skipper, Cmdr. William Lattimer (Robert Walker) whose wife Daphne (Joan Leslie) is incapacitated by a broken leg, forcing the skipper takes over management of their home. A stickler for nautical discipline, Lattimer tries to run things "the Navy way," but this proves not only futile but ridiculous.

Cast

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  • Robert Walker as Cmdr. William J. Lattimer
  • Joan Leslie as Daphne Lattimer
  • Edward Arnold as Adm. Homer Thorndyke
  • Spring Byington as Agnes Thorndyke
  • Leon Ames as Dr. Phillip Abbott
  • Jan Sterling as Rita Rossini
  • Anthony Ross as Joe Rossini
  • Paul Harvey as Brendon Boyd
  • Kathryn Card as Thelma Boyd
  • Tommy Myers as Tommy Lattimer
  • Rudy Lee as Davey Lattimer
  • Finnegan Weatherwax as Muscles
  • Reception

    According to MGM records, the film earned $733,000 in the US and Canada and $193,000 overseas, leading to a loss of $181,000.

    References

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