Tars and Spars

Tars and Spars
File:Tars and Spars.poster.jpg Theatrical poster for the film
Directed by	Alfred E. Green
Produced by	Milton H. Bren
Written by	John Jacoby Sarett Tobias Decla Dunning Barry Trivers
Starring	Alfred Drake Janet Blair Marc Platt
Music by	M. W. Stoloff
Cinematography	Joseph Walker
Edited by	Al Clark
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	January 10, 1946 (1946-01-10) (US)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Tars and Spars is a 1946 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Alfred Drake, Janet Blair, and Marc Platt.

Plot

Howard Young is a coast guardsman who has been on shore duty for three years despite his efforts to be sent into action. His nearest approach to sea duty was on a harbor-moored life raft for 21 days as part of an experiment with a new type of vitamin gum for the government. He meets Christine Bradley, a SPAR, sent to take over his communications job and, by things he leaves unsaid, she thinks his life-raft experience was the result of a ship-wreck at sea.

Cast list

• Alfred Drake as Howard Young of Oklahoma
• Janet Blair as Christine Bradley of Pennsylvania
• Marc Platt as Junior Casady of Indiana
• Jeff Donnell as Penny McDougal of Brooklyn
• Sid Caesar as Chuck Enders of Yonkers, U.S.A.
• Ray Walker as Lieutenant Scully
• James Flavin as Chief Bosun Mate Gurney

External links

• Tars and Spars at IMDb
• Tars and Spars at the TCM Movie Database
• Tars and Spars at the American Film Institute Catalog