Hit the Deck

1955

Action / Comedy / Musical / Romance

2
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 53% · 6 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 53% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 1071 1.1K

musical u.s. navy shore patrol

Plot summary

Sailors on leave in San Francisco get mixed up in love and show business.

Director

Roy Rowland Photo
Roy Rowland

Top cast

Jane Powell Photo
Jane Powell as Susan Smith
Gene Raymond Photo
Gene Raymond as Wendell Craig
Alvin Greenman Photo
Alvin Greenman as George - Machinist Mate 3rd Class
Debbie Reynolds Photo
Debbie Reynolds as Carol Pace
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.01 GB
1280*498
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 2
2.07 GB
1920*748
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CoolKatGretch 7 / 10

Ignore the Nay-Sayer Reviews...

Having watched this recently on TCM and not being familiar with the film beforehand, I was drawn in by the quick pace and competent acting, not to mention the pretty leading gals Reynolds and Miller.. quite satisfying eye candy. But then.. came the "fun-house" musical number towards the end and that just blew me away: I mean 'psychedelic' before the word existed, perhaps surreal in contemporaneous nomenclature. That segment stood out as the perhaps the very best part, it was a thrill to watch the choreographed-to-the-second, wild and unpredictable ride of a dance routine! That film was a lot of fun to watch on a lonely night home. So reviewer whoever-you-are that hates every movie unless it has something blowing up every twelve seconds, perhaps stick to writing up Popeye cartoons where the plots and characters aren't too complex for your limited imagination. I recommend movie this as essential viewing for every musical fan.. it won't disappoint.
Reviewed by AlsExGal 7 / 10

Shares a similar premise with On the Town...

... from six years earlier: three sailors on leave in the big city, except in Hit the Deck, the metropolis is San Francisco. The sailors are played by Russ Tamblyn, Tony Martin, and Vic Damone. They cross paths with Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, and Ann Miller. There are some fun musical numbers, notably Keeping Myself for You, and Lady From the Bayou, fabulously performed by Ann Miller dancing up a storm against rich color backgrounds and sets. Another uplifting tune was Hallelujah!I found the film's energy peaked whenever Ann was on screen. (Ann also appeared in On the Town.) Jane Powell's part was terribly underwritten. Jane had more chemistry with Gene Raymond, the older married man she was seeing, then with Vic Damone, who ends up winning her heart. Walter Pidgeon is also on hand, playing an Admiral and father to Jane and Russ. Hit the Deck is a second tier MGM musical, which, considering the many masterpieces the studio turned out, is still very good.
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