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20,000 Laughs Under The Sea!

7.2

2h 4m

1959

“20,000 Laughs Under The Sea!”

Synopsis

A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.

Director

Blake Edwards

Trailer

ComedyWarRomance

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Cast & Crew

Cary Grant

Cary Grant

as Lieutenant Commander Matt Sherman

Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis

as Lieutenant Nicholas Holden

Joan O'Brien

Joan O'Brien

as 2nd Lieutenant Dolores Crandall

Dina Merrill

Dina Merrill

as 2nd Lieutenant Barbara Duran

Gene Evans

Gene Evans

as Chief Molumphry

Dick Sargent

Dick Sargent

as Ensign Stovall (as Richard Sargent)

Virginia Gregg

Virginia Gregg

as Major Edna Heywood

Robert F. Simon

Robert F. Simon

as Captain J.B. Henderson

Robert Gist

Robert Gist

as Lieutenant Watson

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