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Calling All Tars

8.0193618mMovieComedy

This early comedy short has Bob Hope and John Berkes putting on sailor uniforms to find dates, getting mistaken for real sailors and being dragged back to a Navy ship by the shore patrol. Though not much plot, the short does give each star…

DirectorLloyd French
WritersJack Henley·Burnet Hershey

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Cast · Directed by Lloyd French

BHBob Hope
Bob Hope
Bobby
JBJohn Berkes
John Berkes
Johnnie
OR
Oscar Ragland
PDPaul Douglas
Paul Douglas
Semaphore Signalman

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Calling All Tars hasn't started streaming in United Kingdom yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around May 13, 1936. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.