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Give Me a Sailor is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Elliott Nugent released in USA on 19 august 1938 with Martha Raye
Give Me a Sailor (1938)
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Add to a movie listGive Me a Sailor is a 1938 film directed by Elliott Nugent. It stars Martha Raye and Bob Hope.
This was the third film co-starring Martha Raye and Bob Hope and the first time that Paramount would allow them to be the leading players in a film.
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This script must be run from the command lineActors
Martha Raye
(Letty Larkin)
Bob Hope
(Jim Brewster)
Betty Grable
(Nancy Larkin)
Clarence Kolb
(CaptainTallant)
J. C. Nugent
(Mr. Larkin)
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