Searchlight Doyle, lightweight boxing champion of the United States Navy, is shanghaied into the fleet of Sainte Cassette, an island republic, as a replacement for a wealthy slacker who must serve his country to receive a $2 million inheritance, a scheme concocted by attorney Gabriel Grabowski. All his shipmates, except Hyacinth Nitouche, assume that he is indeed the wastrel he purports to be. Doyle falls in love with Adrienne, the most beautiful of the captain's daughters, and wins her affections by treating his comrades in her teashop. Admiral O'Brien, grandfather of the man Doyle is impersonating, comes to visit, and mistaking him for a civilian, Doyle throws him overboard and to everybody's surprise is complimented on his vigilance. But his real identity is exposed by some American sailors, and he is suspected of killing young O'Brien; he is cleared of suspicion, however, and is reinstated by the admiral, thereby gaining Adrienne's love.
Credits
Sea Legs Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Billy Gilbert
He was 36, 77 years old when he died
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as Naval Officer |
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Jean Del Val
He was 39, 83 years old when he died
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as Crosseti |
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Eugene Pallette
He was 41, 65 years old when he died
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as Hyacinth Nitouche |
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Harry Green
He was 44, 47 years old when he died
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as Gabriel Grabowski |
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Charles Sellon
He was 60, 66 years old when he died
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as Adm. O'Brien |
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Jack Oakie
He was 27, 74 years old when he died
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as Searchlight Doyle |
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Lillian Roth
She was 19, 69 years old when she died
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as Adrienne |
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Tom Ricketts
He was 77, 86 years old when he died
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as Commander |
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Albert Conti
He was 43, 79 years old when he died
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as Captain |
Sea Legs Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Allen G. Siegler as Director of Photography. He was 38 (68) years old when He died
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Camera |
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Victor Heerman as Director. He was 37 (84) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Ralph Rainger as Original Music Composer. He was 29 (41) years old when He died
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Sound |
