The Horizontal Lieutenant

Year: 1962

Runtime: 90 mins

Language: English

Director: Richard Thorpe

ComedyRomanceWar

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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