All Ashore

{{short description|1953 film by Richard Quine}} {{For|the album by Punch Brothers|All Ashore (album)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = All Ashore | image = Allashpos.jpg | caption = Original film poster | director = [[Richard Quine]] | producer = Jonie Taps | screenplay = [[Blake Edwards]] [[Richard Quine]] | story = Blake Edwards Robert Wells | starring = [[Mickey Rooney]] [[Dick Haymes]] [[Peggy Ryan]] [[Ray McDonald (actor)|Ray McDonald]] [[Barbara Bates]] [[Jody Lawrence]] | cinematography = [[Charles Lawton Jr.]] | editing = [[Jerome Thoms]] | color_process = [[Technicolor]] | studio = Columbia Pictures | distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]] | released = {{film date|1953|2|1|New York City-Premiere|1953|3|3|United States}} | runtime = 80 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''All Ashore''''' is a 1953 American [[comedy film|comedy]] [[musical film]] directed by [[Richard Quine]] and starring [[Mickey Rooney]], [[Dick Haymes]], [[Peggy Ryan]] and [[Ray McDonald (actor)|Ray McDonald]].

In the tradition of [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]'s ''[[Anchors Aweigh (film)|Anchors Aweigh]]'' and ''[[On the Town (film)|On the Town]]'', the film tells the stories of three sailors (Rooney, [[crooner]] [[Dick Haymes]] and dancer [[Ray McDonald (actor)|Ray McDonald]]) on [[shore leave]] on [[Santa Catalina Island (California)|Santa Catalina Island, California]], where much of the film was shot. A former MGM contract star, McDonald was married to [[Peggy Ryan]] at the time, with ''All Ashore'' being the last film for both of them.

==Plot== Three [[petty officer]]s have returned from Korea on the [[battle cruiser]] {{USS|Rochester|CA-124|6}}, and disembark for long-awaited shore leave in California. Skip Edwards and Joe Carter have no money due to losses in a [[craps|crap game]], but their shipmate Francis "Moby" Dickerson has $300 (${{Inflation|US|300|1952|r=-2|fmt=c}} today) he won in [[poker]]. Skip and Joe have constantly taken advantage of Moby throughout their cruise and once again beg some money off him. Moby wishes to spend his leave on [[Santa Catalina Island (California)|Santa Catalina]] but his shipmates take an unwilling Moby to an off-limits [[clip joint]] bar where [[bargirl]]s and a bartender [[Mickey Finn (drugs)|drug]] and rob them of all their money.

Waking up broke and guilty but wiser, Joe is determined to get Moby to Santa Catalina by using his scheming ability. Joe arranges their passage and $5 each in exchange for Moby working on the ship. Skip meets dancer Gay Knight where an impromptu dance session earns them some more money that entertained passengers throw at them. Gay takes them to her [[trailer park]] where the three have enough money for two of them to rent a cabin; Moby has to sneak in at night and sleep at the floor. Skip arranges more money and meals for a second day by having Moby work as a waiter in a night club. Moby meets Nancy Flynn, the daughter of the trailer park owner, when she hits him in the head with a horseshoe, but Skip later sweeps her off her feet and takes her for his own girl.

After entering the wrong cabin and unsuccessfully hiding from the two women living there, Moby becomes further dejected when he feels out of place accompanying his shipmates and their girlfriends to the beach. The unwanted Moby decides to return to the mainland. Having to wait half an hour for the next ship, Moby's luck changes when he meets Jane Stanton, whose motorboat is not working. In fixing the engine, Moby is thrown in the water. Jane takes Moby to her father Commodore Stanton's yacht where his uniform can dry out. She invites Moby to a party and the Commodore, invites Moby to sail with them to the mainland. On the way to the party Jane's boat fails again with both Moby and Jane being thrown into the water as the boat comes to life and motors off without them.

Moby gets his confidence back by saving Jane, who cannot swim, and using his navigation skills to get them back to safety in [[Avalon, California|Avalon]]. The grateful Commodore throws a party for Moby where he turns the tables on his scheming shipmates when Sheriff Billings, who had arrested Joe and Skip, turn them over to Moby where he has them fanning him and Jane in the manner of servants.

==Cast== * [[Mickey Rooney]] as Francis "Moby" Dickerson * [[Dick Haymes]] as Joe Carter * [[Peggy Ryan]] as Gay Knight * [[Ray McDonald (actor)|Ray McDonald]] as Skip Edwards * [[Barbara Bates]] as Jane Stanton * [[Jody Lawrance]] as Nancy Flynn * [[Fay Roope]] as Commodore Stanton * [[Jean Willes]] as Rose * Rica Owen as Dotty * Patricia Walker as Susie * [[Eddie Parker (actor)|Eddie Parker]] as Sheriff Billings (as Edwin Parker)

==See also== * [[List of American films of 1953]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title}}

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