Sailors suspicious of spies and a singer who is in love enjoy life in the Canal Zone.Sailors suspicious of spies and a singer who is in love enjoy life in the Canal Zone.Sailors suspicious of spies and a singer who is in love enjoy life in the Canal Zone.
Rags Ragland
- Rags
- (as 'Rags' Ragland)
Dan Dailey
- Dick Bulliard
- (as Dan Dailey Jr.)
Carmen Amaya
- Dancer in "Good Neighbors" Number
- (uncredited)
Marvin Bailey
- Member - Six Hits and a Miss
- (uncredited)
Jackie Bardell
- Gimme Girl
- (uncredited)
The Berry Brothers
- The Beery Brothers
- (uncredited)
Ananias Berry
- Member, The Berry Brothers
- (uncredited)
James Berry
- Member, The Berry Brothers
- (uncredited)
Warren Berry
- Member, The Berry Brothers
- (uncredited)
Pauline Byrne
- Member - Six Hits and a Miss
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Norman Z. McLeod
- Roy Del Ruth(director of retakes) (uncredited)
- Vincente Minnelli(uncredited)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAdapted from the Broadway musical "Panama Hattie", which opened at the 46th Street Theater in New York October 30, 1940 and ran for 501 performances. Ethel Merman played Hattie, Betty Hutton was Flo, Rags Ragland originated his movie role, Arthur Treacher played the butler, James Dunn was Bullet, and future film stars June Allyson, Lucille Bremer, Betsy Blair, Doris Dowling and Vera-Ellen were dancers. Allyson was also Hutton's understudy.
- Quotes
Hattie Maloney: They're from the other side of the tracks, and I don't want to get run over crossing!
- Crazy creditsAt the end of the opening credits, the lead actors break through a giant screen that states: "Warning! Any resemblance between the three sailors in this story and human beings is purely accidental."
- ConnectionsFeatured in We Must Have Music (1941)
- SoundtracksHattie From Panama
(1942) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Roger Edens
Sung and danced by Six Hits and a Miss and The Music Maids
Featured review
watch this one just for the stars
It's a war-time propaganda film, so allowances will be made! In lieu of a clear, solid story, we see huge star after star sing or dance, or do a standup bit. My personal favorite is the amazing miss virginia obrien; she only did about twenty films, but every one is a hilarious gem. I won't list the cast list, but check it out.. it's just incredible. With all those directors and writers, it's no wonder it's kind of a big mish-mash of a story... from the filming dates, it looks like it was re-hashed after pearl harbor, with scenes added, and removed. Ann sothern is hattie, who runs the joint where the story takes place. And some nonsense about getting upset at something the little girl says. Sothern was maisie in films for years, before and after panama hattie. Watch this one just for the parade of stars that come strolling by. Mostly good stuff. Shows on turner classic now and then. I'm surprised at the low-ish rating, but to be fair, the story is a little wacky, and it's based on only 480 votes so far.
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- Also known as
- Tjuserskan från Panama
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- Budget
- $1,097,907 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 19 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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