Don’t Go Near the Water

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Don’t Go Near the Water is a 1957 American romantic comedy film set in the U.S. Navy during World War II, known for its humorous take on military public relations and wartime romance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
romantic comedy film
authorOfSourceWork William Brinkley
basedOn Don’t Go Near the Water self-linksurface differs
surface form: Don’t Go Near the Water (novel)
cinematographer Harold Rosson
colorProcess DeLuxe Color
surface form: Metrocolor
composer Bronislau Kaper
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Charles Walters
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editor George Boemler
genre romantic comedy
war comedy
hasHumorStyle satire of military bureaucracy
hasSetting Pacific War
surface form: Pacific theater of World War II
isSetDuring World War II
isSetIn United States Navy
mainSubject military public relations
wartime romance
medium feature film
narrativeFocus Navy public information office
originalLanguage English
productionCompany MGM
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseYear 1957
screenwriter John Tucker Battle
Richard L. Breen
surface form: Richard Breen
starring Anne Francis
Earl Holliman
Eva Gabor
Fred Clark
Gia Scala
Glenn Ford
Keenan Wynn
Russ Tamblyn

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Lawrence Weingarten notableWork Don’t Go Near the Water
Don’t Go Near the Water basedOn Don’t Go Near the Water self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Don’t Go Near the Water (novel)
Gia Scala notableWork Don’t Go Near the Water