Sea Legs

Synopsis

Searchlight Doyle, lightweight boxing champion of the United States Navy, is shanghaied into the fleet of Sainte Cassette, an island republic, as a replacement for a wealthy slacker who must serve his country to receive a $2 million inheritance, a scheme concocted by attorney Gabriel Grabowski. All his shipmates, except Hyacinth Nitouche, assume that he is indeed the wastrel he purports to be. Doyle falls in love with Adrienne, the most beautiful of the captain's daughters, and wins her affections by treating his comrades in her teashop. Admiral O'Brien, grandfather of the man Doyle is impersonating, comes to visit, and mistaking him for a civilian, Doyle throws him overboard and to everybody's surprise is complimented on his vigilance. But his real identity is exposed by some American sailors, and he is suspected of killing young O'Brien; he is cleared of suspicion, however, and is reinstated by the admiral, thereby gaining Adrienne's love.

Main Cast

Jack Oakie

Searchlight Doyle

Age : 74 | Popularity : 6%

Eugene Pallette

Hyacinth Nitouche

Age : 65 | Popularity : 3%

Lillian Roth

Adrienne

Age : 69 | Popularity : 7%

André Cheron

High Commissioner

Age : 71 | Popularity : 11%

Albert Conti

Captain

Age : 79 | Popularity : 3%

Harry Green

Gabriel Grabowski

Age : 66 | Popularity : 5%

Jean Del Val

Crosseti

Age : 83 | Popularity : 3%

Charles Sellon

Adm. O'Brien

Age : 66 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Allen G. Siegler
Writing	Story	George Marion Jr.
Directing	Director	Victor Heerman
Sound	Original Music Composer	Ralph Rainger
Editing	Editor	Doris Drought
Department	Role	Name

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