Sailors suspicious of spies and a singer who is in love enjoy life in the Canal Zone.Sailors suspicious of spies and a singer who is in love enjoy life in the Canal Zone.Sailors suspicious of spies and a singer who is in love enjoy life in the Canal Zone.
Rags Ragland
- Rags
- (as 'Rags' Ragland)
Dan Dailey
- Dick Bulliard
- (as Dan Dailey Jr.)
Carmen Amaya
- Dancer in "Good Neighbors" Number
- (uncredited)
Marvin Bailey
- Member - Six Hits and a Miss
- (uncredited)
Jackie Bardell
- Gimme Girl
- (uncredited)
The Berry Brothers
- The Beery Brothers
- (uncredited)
Ananias Berry
- Member, The Berry Brothers
- (uncredited)
James Berry
- Member, The Berry Brothers
- (uncredited)
Warren Berry
- Member, The Berry Brothers
- (uncredited)
Pauline Byrne
- Member - Six Hits and a Miss
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Norman Z. McLeod
- Roy Del Ruth(director of retakes) (uncredited)
- Vincente Minnelli(uncredited)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAdapted from the Broadway musical "Panama Hattie", which opened at the 46th Street Theater in New York October 30, 1940 and ran for 501 performances. Ethel Merman played Hattie, Betty Hutton was Flo, Rags Ragland originated his movie role, Arthur Treacher played the butler, James Dunn was Bullet, and future film stars June Allyson, Lucille Bremer, Betsy Blair, Doris Dowling and Vera-Ellen were dancers. Allyson was also Hutton's understudy.
- Quotes
Hattie Maloney: They're from the other side of the tracks, and I don't want to get run over crossing!
- Crazy creditsAt the end of the opening credits, the lead actors break through a giant screen that states: "Warning! Any resemblance between the three sailors in this story and human beings is purely accidental."
- ConnectionsFeatured in We Must Have Music (1941)
- SoundtracksHattie From Panama
(1942) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Roger Edens
Sung and danced by Six Hits and a Miss and The Music Maids
Featured review
Film version of Cole Porter's Panama Hattie is a mixed bag but worth a look for anyone not minding that
After years of only reading a bit about this movie, I finally saw Panama Hattie on a DVD I borrowed from the library. Adapted from a Cole Porter musical comedy, this film version only retains 4 of his songs from it with another one he wrote called "Just One of Those Things" from another musical he wrote it for. Lena Horne sang that one and another song written by someone else which she performs with The Berry Brothers dancers who also have another number. The stars are Ann Sothern in the title role and Red Skelton as one of three sailors-the others being Rags Ragland and Ben Blue-who are involved in a plot to expose spies. Ms. Sothern has a romantic subplot involving her romance with Dan Dailey but really, it doesn't really go anywhere while the sailors/spies one at least has some good laughs. Oh, and since this was made during wartime, it ends with a number meant to get America cheering the eventual destruction of the Japs which while understandable for the time it was made sounds very politically incorrect today. But none of this is supposed to be taken seriously so on that note, Panama Hattie is worth a look for anyone interested in these vintage old movies.
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- tavm
- Mar 6, 2016
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Tjuserskan från Panama
- Filming locations
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- Budget
- $1,097,907 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 19 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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