A Girl in Every Port (1952)

Director:

Chester Erskine

Writers:

Frederick Hazlitt Brennan (story)
Chester Erskine (writer)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

After two sailors are conned into buying a lame race-horse, they go ashore to sort out the problem,...

Plot Keywords:

Blonde | Dumb Blonde | Gangster | Horse Racing | Navy

Cast

Groucho Marx	...	Benjamin Franklin 'Benny' Linn
Marie Wilson	...	Jane Sweet, a dumb blonde
William Bendix	...	Timothy Aloysius 'Tim' Dunnovan
Don DeFore	...	Bert Sedgwick
Gene Lockhart	...	Garvey
Dee Hartford	...	Millicent Temple
Hanley Stafford	...	Fleet Admiral Temple
Teddy Hart	...	High Life, gangster
Percy Helton	...	Drive-In Manager
George E. Stone	...	Skeezer, jockey

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:S (1988) | USA:Approved (PCA #15353)

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Devil's Rejects (2005)

Underwhelming in every sense

The racehorse in A GIRL IN EVERY PORT isn't the only thing that's lame. The plot, scripting, pacing and every other facet of this film follow suit. Even the title is misleading, as the ship never sails anywhere, and the only girl involved to any great extent is a stunningly moronic Marie Wilson. This film proves that labored, unfunny "comedies" were being produced long before the current spate of mindless garbage began spewing from our television and movie screens. The characters in this film all appear to have IQ's somewhere in the single digit range. It is indeed sad to see so many talented actors tangled up in this unfortunate yawner. Avoid this film at every opportunity.