Three Sailors and a Girl is a 1953 musical film made by Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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. It was directed by Roy Del Ruth, and written by Devery Freeman and Roland Kibbee

Roland Kibbee

Roland Kibbee was an American screenwriter and producer.- Works :...

, based on the George S. Kaufman

George S. Kaufman

George Simon Kaufman was an American playwright, theatre director and producer, humorist, and drama critic. In addition to comedies and political satire, he wrote several musicals, notably for the Marx Brothers...

 play The Butter and Egg Man. Three United States Navy

United States Navy

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 sailors invest their pay in a musical.

Plot

While their submarine is docked in New York City, three sailors on liberty invest the money they've earned at sea into a broadway musical and its up and coming star.

Cast

• Jane Powell
  Jane Powell
  Jane Powell is an American singer, dancer and actress.After rising to fame as a singer in her home state of Oregon, Powell was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer while still in her teens...
  
   as Penny Weston
• Gordon MacRae
  Gordon MacRae
  Gordon MacRae was an American actor and singer, best known for his appearances in the film versions of two Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, Oklahoma! and Carousel and films with Doris Day like Starlift.-Early life:Born Albert Gordon MacRae in East Orange, New Jersey, MacRae graduated from...
  
   as "Choirboy" Jones
• Gene Nelson
  Gene Nelson
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   as Twitch
• Sam Levene
  Sam Levene
  Sam Levene was an American Broadway and film actor. He made his Broadway debut in 1927 with five lines in a play titled Wall Street, and over a span of nearly 50 years, appeared on Broadway in 37 Shows, of which 33 were the original Broadway Productions, many now considered legendary...
  
   as Joe Woods
• Jack E. Leonard
  Jack E. Leonard
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   as Porky
• George Givot as Emilio Rossi
• Veda Ann Borg
  Veda Ann Borg
  Veda Ann Borg was an American film actress.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Borg was the daughter of Gottfried Borg, a Swedish immigrant and Minna Noble. She became a model in 1936 before winning a contract at Paramount Pictures. A car crash in 1939 necessitated drastic reconstruction of her face by...
  
   as Faye Foss
• Archer MacDonald as Webster
• Raymond Greenleaf as Morrow
• Henry Slate as Hank the Sailor

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique and distinctive smile...

made an uncredited cameo appearance at the end, playing a Marine who hesitantly asks about taking over the starring role in the musical after Jones has to return to the Navy. Joe Woods brushes him off. When a woman asks why he was so brusque, Joe tells her that the Marine looked too much like Burt Lancaster.