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Here Come the Waves

Here Come the Waves

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Here Come the Waves

"Paramount's Nautical Musical!"

1944

1h 39m

5.3(9 votes)

Music

Comedy

Romance

Overview

Show business twin sisters Rosemary and Susie, one serious and the other a scatterbrain, join the WAVES and both fall in love with crooner Johnny Cabot.

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Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby

Johnny Cabot

Betty Hutton

Betty Hutton

Susan / Rosemary Allison

Sonny Tufts

Sonny Tufts

Windy 'Pinetop' Windhurst

Ann Doran

Ann Doran

Ruth

Gwen Crawford

Tex

Noel Neill

Noel Neill

Dorothy

Catherine Craig

Catherine Craig

Lt. Townsend

Anabel Shaw

Anabel Shaw

Isabel

Harry Barris

Harry Barris

Bandleader (uncredited)

Mae Clarke

Mae Clarke

Ens. Kirk (uncredited)

Creative team

Directed by: Mark Sandrich
Written by: Allan Scott
Zion Myers
Produced by: Mark Sandrich

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