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The Admiral Was a Lady
The Admiral Was a Lady is a 1950 American comedy film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Edmond O'Brien and Wanda Hendrix. The working title of the film was Once Over Lightly, taken from one of the film's songs.
Plot
After the end of World War II, Jean Madison, a former WAVE ensign, meets the former aircrew of an Army Air Corps A-20 Havoc light bomber named "Sinful Sinthia" when they go to collect their unemployment benefits. They are all members of the 52-20 Club, a government program that pays unemployed American veterans $20 a week for 52 weeks.
Cast
More details
| author | John O'Dea Sidney Salkow |
|---|---|
| director | Albert S. Rogell |
| editor | William H. Ziegler |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | a-20 havoc advertise aircraft factory aircrew airplane crash army air corps bank account boxing match dark secret employment agency end end of world follow how to jukebox locked in music store night watchman piggy bank private club private detective set up sound truck summon taxi driver unemployed unemployment benefits united states army air corps war surplus wave world war ii |
| musicBy | Edward J. Kay |
| producer | Albert S. Rogell Edward Lewis Jack M. Warner |
| productionCompany | Roxbury Productions |
| publisher | United Artists |
| theme | romantic comedy |