A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944)

Director
Phil Karlson

Main cast
Elyse Knox; Ann Gillis; Sally Eilers; Richard Lane; Marjorie Woodworth

Genres
Comedy

Description
Though Elyse Knox, Sally Eilers and Ann Gillis head the cast, the film is a showcase for nightclub comedian Henny Youngman, here cast as a Hollywood agent named (what else?) Henny. Sent out by his studio to sign up a pair of gorgeous Broadway stars (Ramsay Ames and Marjorie Woodworth) Henny signs the stars' understudies (Knox and Gillis) by mistake.


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