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The Sailor Takes a Wife
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Wikipedia article
'The Sailor Takes a Wife' is a 1946 American romantic comedy film directed by Richard Whorf and starring Robert Walker and June Allyson.
Plot
During World War II, a sailor in New York City who is about to be shipped out to Europe marries a woman he has just met. Then he unexpectedly receives a medical discharge.
Cast
*Robert Walker as John Hill
*June Allyson as Mary Hill
*Hume Cronyn as Freddie Potts
*Audrey Totter as Lisa Borescu
*Eddie "Rochester" Anderson as Harry
*Reginald Owen as Mr. Amboy
*Gerald Oliver Smith as Gerald
Reception
According to MGM records, the film earned $2,269,000 in the US and Canada and $290,000 elsewhere, making a profit of $683,000.Another source says $2.5 million in US rentals [https://archive.org/stream/variety165-1947-01#page/n54/mode/1up "60 Top Grossers of 1946", 'Variety' 8 January 1947 p8]
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