The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)
- Directed by
- Richard Thorpe
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.2 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A hapless army intelligence lieutenant gets stuck on a remote island outpost during World War II. He tries to navigate military mishaps and romantic complications.
lightheartedplayfulcomedicwhimsicaleasygoingold-fashionedsunnyquirky
What happens
The Horizontal Lieutenant is a 1962 American romantic comedy war film, based on the 1959 novel The Bottletop Affair by Gordon Cotler, who was a Japanese interpreter for US Army Intelligence during World War II. It is a military comedy about an unfortunate army intelligence lieutenant who finds himself isolated on a remote island army outpost during World War II. It stars Jim Hutton and Paula Prentiss and was directed by Richard Thorpe. It was the last of four teamings between Hutton and Prentiss following Where the Boys Are, The Honeymoon Machine and Bachelor in Paradise. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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