Dangerous When Wet (1953)


Dangerous When Wet
Release Date18 June 1953
TaglineSee the amazing "Tom & Jerry" cartoon swimming spectacle with Esther!
GenreComedy, Musical, Romance
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRomantic Comedy, Musical Comedy
ThemesOpposites Attract, Pygmalion Stories, Obsessive Quests
TonesLight, Humorous, Whimsical, Merry, Bright
TagsFamily, Fog, Love, Swimming, Wine Merchant

Dangerous When Wet (1953) is an Technicolor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical starring Esther Williams, Fernando Lamas, and Jack Carson, directed by Charles Walters, and featuring an animated swimming sequence starring Williams with the famous cat-and-mouse duo, Tom and Jerry.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Katie Higgins

André Lanet

Windy Weebe

Ma Higgins

Gigi Mignon

Pa Higgins

Junior Higgins

Barbara Whiting
Suzie Higgins

Greta

Henri Letondal
Joubert

Paul Bryar
Pierre

Stuart Frye

Richard Alexander
Egyptian Channel swimmer

Tudor Owen
Old Salt

Ann Codee
Mrs. Lanet

Jimmy Aubrey
Bartender

Eugene Borden
French mayor

Michael Dugan
Ad Lib

Aminta Dyne
English woman guest

James Fairfax
English cab driver

Mollie Glessing
English waitress

Arthur Gould-Porter
English steward

John McKee
Photographer

Roger Moore
Reporter

Patrick O'Moore
Bob Gerrard

Reginald Simpson
Reporter

Director

Charles Walters
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Producer

George Wells
producer

Cinematographer

Editor

John McSweeney Jr.
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Art Director

Jack Martin Smith
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Set Decorator

Emile Kuri
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Edwin B. Willis
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Costume Designer

Helen Rose
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Makeup Department

hair stylist

makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Sid Sidman
assistant director

Carl 'Major' Roup
second assistant director

Sound Department

sound supervisor

Special Effects

Irving G. Ries
special effects

Editorial Department

Peter Ballbusch
montage

Music Department

Skip Martin
orchestrator

George Stoll
musical director

Other Crew

cartoons: Tom and Jerry

Billy Daniel
choreographer

Alvord Eiseman
color advisor: Technicolor

cartoons: Tom and Jerry

Henri Jaffa
technicolor color consultant

cartoons: Tom and Jerry

Charles Walters
choreographer

Production Company

MGM-International Dist.

Distributor

MGM-International Dist.

MGM/UA Home Entertainment

Warner Home Video






Navigation Boxes
Films directed by Charles Walters
Ask Any Girl (1959)
Dangerous When Wet
Easter Parade (1948)
Easy to Love (1953)
High Society (1956)
Lili (1953)
Summer Stock (1950)
Torch Song (1953)
Two Loves (1961)