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Ship Ahoy, a patriotic musical comedy of the WWII era, swings to the tempo of its big-band times.
Eleanor Powell plays a leggy lead dancer on a cruise ship who is asked to transport a mine to Puerto Rico. Neither she nor her pulp-fiction-author beau (Red Skelton) knows she’s actually working for spies–who got the idea from one of his potboiler novels!
The supporting cast includes Bert Lahr (the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz) and Virginia O’Brien (Till the Clouds Roll By). All of the festivities are set to the swing of Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra featuring a very young Frank Sinatra as vocalist.
Original Release
04/16/1942
US Release
04/16/1942
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Eleanor Powell | Tallulah Winters |
| Red Skelton | Merton K. Kibble |
| Bert Lahr | 'Skip' Owens / Skip Owens |
| Virginia O'Brien | Fran Evans |
| William Post Jr. | H. U. Bennet |
| James Cross | 'Stump' / Stump |
| Eddie Hartman | 'Stumpy' / Stumpy |
| Stuart Crawford | Art Higgins |
| John Emery | Dr. Farno |
| Bernard Nedell | Pietro Polesi |
Directors
Writers
Matt Brooks, Bradford Ropes, Bert Kalmar, Harry Clork, Irving Brecher, Harry Kurnitz
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Eleanor Powell | Tallulah Winters |
| Red Skelton | Merton K. Kibble |
| Bert Lahr | 'Skip' Owens / Skip Owens |
| Virginia O'Brien | Fran Evans |
| William Post Jr. | H. U. Bennet |
| James Cross | 'Stump' / Stump |
| Eddie Hartman | 'Stumpy' / Stumpy |
| Stuart Crawford | Art Higgins |
| John Emery | Dr. Farno |
| Bernard Nedell | Pietro Polesi |
| Tommy Dorsey | Tommy Dorsey |
| Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra | Tommy Dorsey and his Band |
| Philip Ahn | Koro Sumo |
| Mariska Aldrich | Waldo's Mother |
| Ernie Alexander | Stagehand |
| Zita Baca | Woman |
| Louise Bates | Passenger |
| Barbara Bedford | Mrs. Loring |
| Gladys Blake | Merton's Secretary |
| Hillary Brooke | Hillary |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Essam El Erian | Producer |
Editors
