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The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1962 · 90 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Richard Thorpe
- Starring
- Charles McGraw, Paula Prentiss, Jim Backus, Jack Carter, Jim Hutton, Richard Allan
Brimming with slap‑slap humor, this service comedy follows an ill‑fated army intelligence lieutenant who is posted to a remote island outpost in World II. Far from the front, his duties quickly dissolve into farcical romantic entanglements, turning the garrison into a battlefield of bedroom antics rather than combat.
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