--- title: 'Don''t Go Near the Water (1957)' type: 'film' director: 'Charles Walters' released: '1957-01-01' runtime_minutes: 107 genres: - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dont-go-near-the-water-1957' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050327/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Don't Go Near the Water (1957) 1957 · 107 min · Romance · United States ## Synopsis Don't Go Near the Water is a 1957 American comedy film about a U.S. Navy public relations unit stationed on an island in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. It is an adaptation of the 1956 novel of the same name by William Brinkley. Glenn Ford and Gia Scala star. This is the first of several service comedies that Ford appeared in after the huge success of The Teahouse of the August Moon. The movie was very successful and further solidified Ford's reputation as an adept comedic actor. ## Credits - **Director:** [Charles Walters](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-walters) - **Screenplay:** [George Wells](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-wells) - **Original Music Composer:** [Bronisław Kaper](https://cinepixo.com/people/bronis-aw-kaper) - **Producer:** [Lawrence Weingarten](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-weingarten) ## Cast - [Anne Francis](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-francis) - [Keenan Wynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/keenan-wynn) - [Mickey Shaughnessy](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-shaughnessy) - [Russ Tamblyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/russ-tamblyn) - [Eva Gabor](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-gabor) - [Gia Scala](https://cinepixo.com/people/gia-scala) - [Earl Holliman](https://cinepixo.com/people/earl-holliman) - [Fred Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-clark) - [Glenn Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/glenn-ford) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/dont-go-near-the-water-1957 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3612294); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.