Hit the Deck (1955 film)

Hit the Deck
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRoy Rowland
Written bySonya Levien
William Ludwig
Based onShore Leave (play) by
Hubert Osborne, and
Hit the Deck (stage musical) by Herbert Fields (book)
Vincent Youmans (music)
Clifford Grey & Leo Robin (lyrics)
Produced byJoe Pasternak
StarringJane Powell
Tony Martin
Debbie Reynolds
Walter Pidgeon
Vic Damone
Gene Raymond
Ann Miller
Russ Tamblyn
Kay Armen
J. Carrol Naish
Richard Anderson
Jane Darwell
CinematographyGeorge Folsey
Edited byJohn McSweeney Jr.
Music bySongs:
Music:
Vincent Youmans
Lyrics:
Leo Robin
Clifford Grey
Sidney Clare
Irving Caesar
Billy Rose
Edward Eliscu
Color processEastmancolor
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • March 4, 1955 (1955-03-04)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.3 million[1]
Box office$3.4 million[1]

Hit the Deck is a 1955 American musical film directed by Roy Rowland and starring Jane Powell, Tony Martin, Debbie Reynolds, Walter Pidgeon, Vic Damone, Gene Raymond, Ann Miller, and Russ Tamblyn.[2] It is based on the 1927 stage musical of the same name – which was itself based on the hit 1922 play Shore Leave by Hubert Osborne – and was shot in CinemaScope. Although the film featured some songs from the stage musical, the plot was different.[3] Standards featured in the film include "Sometimes I'm Happy", "I Know that You Know", and "Hallelujah".[4][5]

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ Hal Erickson (2008). "Hit the Deck (1955)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 19, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2008.
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