''Sailor Be Good'' is a 1933 American

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directed by

James Cruze James Cruze (born Jens Cruz Bosen;Sadoul, Georges (1972). Dictionary of Films'. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 53. . See also: * Parish, James Robert; Pitts, Michael R. (1974). Film Directors: A Guide to Their American Fi ...

and written by Ethel Doherty, Viola Brothers Shore and Ralph Spence. Starring Jack Oakie, Vivienne Osborne, George E. Stone, Max Hoffman Jr. and Lincoln Stedman, the film was released on March 7, 1933, by

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Plot

Cast

* Jack Oakie as Kelsey Jones * Vivienne Osborne as Red Dale * George E. Stone as Murphy * Lincoln Stedman as Slim *

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as Kay Whitney * Huntley Gordon as Mr. Whitney * Charles Coleman as Butler

Trivia

Future pulp-writer and screenwriter, and ex-Navy man, Steve Fisher served as technical advisor and appeared on screen in an uncredited bit part.John Locke, ed. ''Pulpwood Days: Volume 2: Live of the Pulp Writers'' (Elkhorn, California: Off-Trail Publications, 2013), p. 80.

References

External links

* 1933 films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films Films directed by James Cruze American comedy films 1933 comedy films 1930s American films English-language comedy films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub