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1953 film by Charles Walters

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The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One day, traveling health-tonic salesman, Windy Weebe, comes to town and suggests they could swim the English Channel. Sponsored by "Liquapep" and coached by Windy, the family arrive in Europe. There it is decided that daughter Katie is the only one strong enough to enter the contest. But while she should be focused on the difficult and risky task ahead, Katie is pursed by dashing Frenchman, André Lanet... This comedic musical is well remembered for the scene when Katie dreams she is swimming with cartoon characters Tom & Jerry!

Released: 1953-06-1895 minDir: Charles WaltersMusic, Comedy, Romance

Cast

  • Esther Williams as Katy Higgins
  • Fernando Lamas as Andre Lanet
  • Jack Carson as Windy Webbe
  • Charlotte Greenwood as Ma Higgins
  • Denise Darcel as Gigi Mignon
  • William Demarest as Pa Higgins

Themes

  • english channel
  • manager
  • musical
  • swimmer
  • contest
  • swimming
  • cartoon cat
  • family
  • cartoon mouse
  • dream sequence

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Ratings

IMDb

6.3/10

1,294 votes

Year
1953
Runtime
95 min
Genres
Comedy, Musical, Romance

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Screenwriter
Dorothy Kingsley
Cast member
Ann Codee
Producer
George Wells
Production company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cinematographer
Harold Rosson
Duration
95
FilmAffinity ID
470000
Distribution format
video on demand
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Commons category
Dangerous When Wet (film)
publication date
1953-01-01
title
Dangerous When Wet
production designer
Cedric Gibbons
costume designer
Helen Rose
distributed by
Netflix
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