Swing It, Sailor! (1938)

Director
Raymond Cannon

Main cast
Wallace Ford; Ray Mayer; Isabel Jewell; Mary Treen; Tom Kennedy

Genres
Comedy, Adventure

Description
Comical exploits of two Navy pals, at sea and on shore.


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