The Horizontal Lieutenant

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The Horizontal Lieutenant

Directed by	Richard Thorpe
Written by	Gordon Kotler, Novel) George Wells
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	April 18, 1962
Running time	90 mins
Country	United States
Language	English

The Horizontal Lieutenant is a 1962 American romantic comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe based on the 1961 novel The Bottletop Affair by Gordon Kotler. It is a military comedy about an unfortunate army intelligence lieutenant who finds himself isolated on a remote Japanese island army outpost during World War II.^[1]

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Jim Hutton ... Merle Wye
Paula Prentiss ... Molly Blue
Jack Carter ... Billy Monk
Jim Backus ... Jeremiah Hammerslag
Charles McGraw ... Col. Charles Korotny
Miyoshi Umeki ... Akiko
Marty Ingels ... Buckles
Lloyd Kino ... Sgt. Jess Yomura
Linda Wong ... Michido
Yoshio Yoda ... Sgt. Roy Tada
Yuki Shimoda ... Kobayashi

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^ The New York Times

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v t e The films of Richard Thorpe

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