If you want to see two men behave like children half the movie, then you'll love "Here Comes the Navy." The two adult babies were Chester 'Chesty' O'Connor aka C. J. O'Connor (James Cagney) and Biff Martin (Pat O'Brien). James Cagney was the hotter of the two hotheads which is familiar territory for him.
Chesty started off as an iron worker doing a job for the Navy. For some testosterone-laden reason he got into an argument with Biff Martin, an officer in the Navy. They coincidentally came into contact with each other later at a dance hall. Biff muscled in on Chesty's girl and they took the matter outside where they duked it out. Biff won the fight and Chesty lost his girl and his pride. He was so furious he decided to join the Navy just to get back at Biff.
Who makes a four year military commitment just to get back at somebody?
After ninety days of basic training he was fortuitously assigned to the U. S. S. Arizona in San Diego, the very same ship Biff was on. Chesty thought he was going to beat him up on the ship, but found out that Biff was an officer and a Navy battleship was no place to settle petty beefs.
He saw a real chance to stick it to him when he saw Biff with a pretty woman. Biff had taken his girl, now it was his turn to take Biff's girl. The girl, Dorothy Martin (Gloria Stuart), was none other than Biff's sister. That certainly caused some bad blood.
I couldn't get into this childish movie. Chesty was such a hotheaded imbecile it's a wonder how he was walking around free, and it was a wonder how Dorothy was attracted to him to begin with. I like James Cagney, but this role wasn't one of his better ones. Besides Cagney, O'Brien, and the untalented Gloria Stuart, Frank McHugh was in the movie for more comedy.
"Here Comes the Navy" looks like it was done just to give a shout out to the Navy. I don't think they got any more recruits because of it.
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Chesty started off as an iron worker doing a job for the Navy. For some testosterone-laden reason he got into an argument with Biff Martin, an officer in the Navy. They coincidentally came into contact with each other later at a dance hall. Biff muscled in on Chesty's girl and they took the matter outside where they duked it out. Biff won the fight and Chesty lost his girl and his pride. He was so furious he decided to join the Navy just to get back at Biff.
Who makes a four year military commitment just to get back at somebody?
After ninety days of basic training he was fortuitously assigned to the U. S. S. Arizona in San Diego, the very same ship Biff was on. Chesty thought he was going to beat him up on the ship, but found out that Biff was an officer and a Navy battleship was no place to settle petty beefs.
He saw a real chance to stick it to him when he saw Biff with a pretty woman. Biff had taken his girl, now it was his turn to take Biff's girl. The girl, Dorothy Martin (Gloria Stuart), was none other than Biff's sister. That certainly caused some bad blood.
I couldn't get into this childish movie. Chesty was such a hotheaded imbecile it's a wonder how he was walking around free, and it was a wonder how Dorothy was attracted to him to begin with. I like James Cagney, but this role wasn't one of his better ones. Besides Cagney, O'Brien, and the untalented Gloria Stuart, Frank McHugh was in the movie for more comedy.
"Here Comes the Navy" looks like it was done just to give a shout out to the Navy. I don't think they got any more recruits because of it.
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