---
title: 'The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Thorpe'
released: '1962-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-horizontal-lieutenant-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056079/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)

1962 · 90 min · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Horizontal Lieutenant is a 1962 American romantic comedy war film, based on the 1959 novel The Bottletop Affair by Gordon Cotler, who was a Japanese interpreter for US Army Intelligence during World War II. It is a military comedy about an unfortunate army intelligence lieutenant who finds himself isolated on a remote island army outpost during World War II. It stars Jim Hutton and Paula Prentiss and was directed by Richard Thorpe.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Thorpe](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-thorpe)
- **Screenplay:** [George Wells](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-wells)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Georgie Stoll](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgie-stoll)
- **Producer:** [Joe Pasternak](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-pasternak)

## Cast

- [Miyoshi Umeki](https://cinepixo.com/people/miyoshi-umeki)
- [Jim Hutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-hutton)
- [Charles McGraw](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-mcgraw)
- [Marty Ingels](https://cinepixo.com/people/marty-ingels)
- [Paula Prentiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/paula-prentiss)
- [Yoshio Yoda](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshio-yoda)
- [Jim Backus](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-backus)
- [Yuki Shimoda](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuki-shimoda)

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