Sea Legs
Oh for the life of a sailor when the battleship's one big boudoir! it's a gloom Destroyer!
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
63 min
Release Date
1930-12-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
3
Jack Oakie
Searchlight Doyle
Eugene Pallette
Hyacinth Nitouche
Lillian Roth
Adrienne
André Cheron
High Commissioner
Albert Conti
Captain
Harry Green
Gabriel Grabowski
Jean Del Val
Crosseti
Charles Sellon
Adm. O'Brien
Tom Ricketts
Commander
Billy Gilbert
Naval Officer
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