Neptune's Daughter (1949)
Scatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O'Rourke, the captain of the South American polo team. Spratt goes along with the charade, but the situation becomes more complicated when they fall in love. Meanwhile, Betty's sensible older sister Eve fears Betty's heart will be broken when Jose returns to South America. She arranges to meet with the real O'Rourke and love soon blossoms between them as well.
- Released
- 1949-06-10
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Edward Buzzell, Dorothy Kingsley
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 from 35 votes
Cast
- Esther Williams as Eve Barrett
- Red Skelton as Jack Spratt
- Ricardo Montalban as Jose O'Rourke
- Betty Garrett as Betty Barrett
- Keenan Wynn as Joe Backett
- Xavier Cugat as Xavier Cugat
- Ted de Corsia as Lukie Luzette
- Mike Mazurki as Mac Mozolla
- Mel Blanc as Pancho
- Juan Duval as Groom
- George Mann as Tall Wrangler
- Frank Mitchell as Little Wrangler
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