Don't Go Near the Water (film)

Don't Go Near the Water
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Charles Walters
Produced by	Lawrence Weingarten
Written by	William Brinkley (novel) Dorothy Kingsley George Wells
Starring	Glenn Ford Gia Scala Earl Holliman Anne Francis Keenan Wynn Fred Clark
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	November 14, 1957 (1957-11-14)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Don't Go Near the Water is a 1957 comedy film about a U.S. Navy public relations unit stationed on an island in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. It is an adaptation of the 1956 novel of the same name by William Brinkley. Glenn Ford and Gia Scala starred. This is the first of several "service comedies" that Ford appeared in after the huge success of Teahouse of the August Moon. The movie was very successful and further solidified Ford as an adept comedic actor.

Cast

• Glenn Ford as Lieutenant J.G. Max Siegel
• Gia Scala as Melora Alba
• Earl Holliman as Adam Garrett
• Anne Francis as Lieutenant Alice Tomlen
• Keenan Wynn as Gordon Ripwell
• Fred Clark as Lieutenant Commander Clinton T. Nash
• Eva Gabor as Deborah Aldrich
• Russ Tamblyn as Ensign Tyson
• Jeff Richards as Lieutenant Ross Pendleton
• Mickey Shaughnessy as Farragut Jones

External links

• Don't Go Near the Water at the TCM Movie Database
• Don't Go Near the Water at the Internet Movie Database