Here Comes the Navy

US (1934): Comedy/Romance

To continue a grudge with naval officer Biff Martin (Pat O'Brien), feisty construction worker Chesty O'Connor (James Cagney) joins the Navy and manages to get stationed on the same ship as Martin. Further complications arise when O'Connor starts dating Martin's sister (Gloria Stuart), whom he meets while on shore leave. (Doug Sederberg, IMDb) Frank McHugh provides comedy centered around his mother's false teeth.

The first of eight Cagney-O'Brien pairings. Location filming at the Naval Training Station in San Diego, aboard the battleship U.S.S. Arizona (later sunk at Pearl Harbor in 1941) and use of the dirigible U.S.S. Macon at Sunnyvale, California, provide an impressive display of naval equipment and personnel.

 Use this link to view the original theatrical trailer for Here Comes the Navy on TCM.com.

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