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We're in the Navy Now
“The two bungling buddies of "Behind the Front" come "Down to the Sea in Ships" with comic results.”
6.3 / 10• 1926• 1h 6m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
"Stinky" Smith makes off with the prize money when his buddy, "Knockout" Hansen loses a fight with Percival "Sailor" Scruggs. Hansen pursues him him a U.S. Navt recruiting office, and, the next thing they know, both are in the Navy and aboard an overseas transport ship. Madelyn Phillips is on board and Scruggs is the the ship's Master-of-Arms. They overhear a mysterious conversation between Madelyn and the ship's radio officer. Later, Madelun induces the pair to take her off the ship and into a row boat. She disappears and they are picked up by a French ship, which sinks a German U-Boat. When the war ends they learn that Madelyn was an operative of the U.S. Secret Service.
Cast & Crew
Wallace Beery
'Knockout' Hansen
Lead
Raymond Hatton
'Stinky' Smith
Chester Conklin
Navy Capt. Smithers
Tom Kennedy
Sailor Percival Scruggs
Donald Keith
Ship's Radio Officer
Lorraine Eason
Madelyn Phillips
Joseph W. Girard
U.S. Admiral
Max Asher
Adm. Puckerlip
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. A. Edward Sutherland's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. We're in the Navy Now is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
