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Cry for Happy

"You'll cry for happy, happy, happy when four U.S. sailors take over a geisha house...geisha girls and all !"

User Score7 votes
50%5.0/10
Release1961
Runtime1H 50M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased

Synopsis

Army photographers on leave in Japan take over a geisha house.

Principal Cast8

Full Cast & Crew (32)

Media6

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Director

George Marshall

George Marshall

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Box Office

Revenue$2M

Certification

NR

Keywords

navygeisha

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Reviews1

CinemaSerf5/10

Just after the end of WWII, a team of American naval photographers lodge in a Japanese geisha house. Led by Glenn Ford ("Andy") they have some light-hearted adventures as, aided by Donald O'Connor's "Price", the sailors learn a little of the culture of their hostesses and more about their tradition (i.e. they are not hookers). Simultaneously, they must try to avoid their bosses jumping to any inaccurate conclusions - even if that means pretending that they are really running an orphanage! It's a bit of a one joke film, this; O'Connor really doesn't look like he wants to be there at all and though it does have flashes of humour, I just felt they were too few and far between in this colourful and friendly, but otherwise quite sluggish, drama.

Aug 31, 2025

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