In the Navy (film)

In the Navy
Theatrical release poster
Directed byArthur Lubin
Written byArthur T. Horman
John Grant
Produced byAlex Gottlieb
StarringBud Abbott
Lou Costello
Dick Powell
The Andrews Sisters
CinematographyJoseph A. Valentine
Edited byPhilip Cahn
Music byCharles Previn
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • May 30, 1941 (1941-05-30)
[1]
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$379,207.42[2]
Box office$2 million (est.)[3]

In the Navy is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring the team of Abbott and Costello alongside Dick Powell, Claire Dodd and The Andrews Sisters. Produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, it was the second service comedy based on the peacetime draft of 1940. The comedy team appeared in two other service comedies in 1941, before the United States entered the war: Buck Privates released in January and Keep 'Em Flying released in November.[4]

  1. ^ "In the Navy". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. ^ Furmanek p. 52
  3. ^ JOHN CHAPMAN (Aug 17, 1941). "One Pair Full House: Funny Abbott and Costello Box Office Darlings Looking at Hollywood". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. d3.
  4. ^ Vagg, Stephen (14 September 2019). "The Cinema of Arthur Lubin". Diabolique Magazine.