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Ankles Aweigh (film)

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Based onAnkles Awiegh
by Guy Bolton and Eddie Davis
StarringLisa Montell
Jessica Dublin
Stan Freberg
Music bySammy Fain
Lyrics by:
Dan Shapiro
Score by
Percy Faith
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • November 6, 1962 (1962-11-06)

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Ankles Aweigh is a 1962 American musical film based on the 1955 musical by Guy Bolton and Eddie Davis, lyrics by Dan Shapiro. Directed and co-written by ?, the film stars Lisa Montell (in her musical film debut), Jessica Dublin and Randall Bodds.

Synopsis[edit]

Act I

A Hollywood starlet, Wynne, is in Sicily with her sister Elsey to film her movie debut in a low-budget musical ("Italy"). She falls in love with U.S. Navy lieutenant Bill Kelley ("Nothing at All"). The two secretly marry, violating a clause in her contract. With the aid of her sister and two of her husband's service buddies, Dinky and Spud, Wynne disguises herself as a sailor ("Walk Like a Sailor") and stows away on Bill's ship, the U.S.S. Alamo, so that they can slip away for a honeymoon. When they reach Morocco, they run into Bill's jealous Moroccan ex-girlfriend, Lucia ("Headin' for the Bottom"), who is now the mistress of the leader of an espionage ring. As revenge, Lucia implicates him as a spy.

Act II

With the help of her sister and his buddies, Wynne and Bill eventually find a way to absolve him of the charges, he becomes a hero, and they live happily ever after ("Eleven O'Clock Song").

Production[edit]

Filming located in South Padre Island shot from May 1, 1962 to July 30, 1962.