The Skipper Surprised His Wife is a 1950 film directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Robert Walker and Joan Leslie.[2]
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Directed by | Elliott Nugent |
Written by | Dorothy Kingsley |
Based on | I Taught My Wife to Keep House the Navy Way" and "The Skipper Surprised His Wife 1949 Reader's Digest by William Lederer |
Produced by | William H. Wright |
Starring | Robert Walker |
Cinematography | Harold Lipstein |
Edited by | Cotton Warburton |
Music by | Bronislau Kaper |
Production company | MGM |
Distributed by | MGM |
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Running time | 85 mins. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $753,000[1] |
Box office | $926,000[1] |
The skipper, Cmdr. William Lattimer (Robert Walker) whose wife Daphne (Joan Leslie) is incapacitated by a broken leg, forcing the skipper takes over management of their home. A stickler for nautical discipline, Lattimer tries to run things "the Navy way," but this proves not only futile but ridiculous.[3]
According to MGM records, the film earned $733,000 in the US and Canada and $193,000 overseas, leading to a loss of $181,000.[1]
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