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Hit the Deck
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301969642
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6301969642
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: February 24, 1995
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: March 04, 1955
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Editorial Review:
Hit the lights! An all-star cast and plenty of big numbers make this classic 1955 musical a blast. Russ Tamblyn, Vic Damone, and Tony Martin are three wacky sailors on leave. Debbie Reynolds, Jane Powell, and the immortal Ann Miller are three girls ready for romance. High jinks ensue. Miller's character, Ginger, is a nightclub singer, allowing for maximum dance numbers and costume changes. Yes, it's a big, silly MGM musical with plenty of songs, jokes, and splashy colors, and it's quite a bit of fun. Fred Astaire choreographer Hermes Pan provided the at-times hilariously elaborate dance numbers, and "Hallelujah," the big finale, is presented in all its original widescreen glory so you won't miss a cannon. It's enough to make you want to enlist. --Ali Davis
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - An old fashioned, feel-good musical comedy!
This film's unenthusiastic reception is often attributed to its "outdated" style (even for 1955.) However, this is no problem for those of us who enjoy old fashioned movies! The story features three sailors going home on leave; Russ Tamblin to see his sister, Vic Damone to visit his mom, and Tony Martin to patch it up with his fiancé of six years! Although the multiple storylines keep everything going at a brisk pace, there's still plenty of time for singing, dancing, and falling in love.
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Rating: - Hit the Deck
'Hit the Deck' on DVD. About time too! The VHS tape was of very poor quality.
Perhaps, not the greatest of the MGM musicals, 'Hit the Deck' is still a worthy example of the studio's output. More than anything else, it is the Vincent Youmans score that is the real treasure - appealingly sung by the film's main stars backed by the outstanding arrangments written by some of MGM's best talent and, as usual, the distintive stylish playing of the MGM Studio Orchestra.
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Rating:  - Hit the Deck
This is just one of my collection of many 1950's musicals. I love the music and dance numbers. The storyline was getting old by the time this was released (sailors on leave meet girls, fall in love, have problems, make up and live happily aver after). It falls well short of a previous, similar movie, "Anchors Aweigh," but then it didn't have Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. It did have some good names though, like Tony Martin (Husband of Cyd Charrise at the time), Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds. It also ... Read More
Rating: - MGM IS !) YEARS BEHIND
Why does it take MGM so long to put its movies on DVD? The last release of this movie is 1995! Get with the new age MGM and release "ALL" your old musicals on Dolby Digital DVD right away...
Rating: - Strictly for Musical Fans!
Hit the Deck is like every other musical made at MGM during the 1950s. It stars Jane Powell, Tony Martin, Debbie Reynolds, Ann Miller, Vic Damone, Russ Tamblyn, Gene Raymond and Walter Pidgeon. Basically the story is about three sailors (Martin, Damone, and Tamblyn) who are on shore leave in San Francisco. While they are there they break into the home of a famous producer (Raymond)and beat him up because one of the sailors (Tamblyn) feels that he is putting the moves on his sister (Powell) while she auditioning ... Read More
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