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Dangerous When Wet

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Athletic farmer's daughter Katie Higgins and her tightly-knit family all love swimming. When traveling salesman Windy Weebe comes to the farm, he spots Katie's talent and encourages her to swim the English Channel. While training, she meets a charming Frenchman, Andrea Lanet, and has a dreamy dip with cartoons Tom and Jerry. In the end, her focus is torn between the swim and deciding between her two suitors, Lanet and Weebe.
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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 07/05/2023
2.5/4
There’s some irony in the fact that this lightweight musical comedy is at its strongest during the home stretch, when it turns dramatic. Go to Full Review Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine 12/03/2019
Esther Williams as a Channel swimmer, Fernando Lamas as a French champagne salesman who adores her, in a frothy water-musical which adds up to quite a bit of fun. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 04/28/2009
C+
This splashy musical stars Esther Williams and her future husband Fernando Lamas. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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David K @RT61474040 Dec 14 It's all about Tom and Jerry. See more Emily W @RT61265870 06/08/2025 So much fun! Peppy and colorful. See more CodyZamboni @CodyZamboni 03/18/2023 Amusing, bright colorful Esther Williams musical, Fun animated Tom and Jerry and Esther underwater sequence. Esther is so lovely and appealing, wonderfully photographed in Technicolor. To the movie's credit, they really emphasize how gruelling, difficult and painfully long it takes to swim the English Channel. See more 09/09/2016 Esther Williams, one of her future husbands Fernando Lamas and the cartoon duo of Tom & Jerry star in this romantic and funny tale about attempting to swim across the English Channel. A lighthearted funny comedy worth viewing. See more s r @ScottR 07/21/2013 Fun, romance and melodrama. A nice clip with Tom and jerry swimming underwater with the heroine. See more 06/28/2013 One of Esther Williams' happiest musicals with a cheery score by Arthur Schwartz and Johnny Mercer; Esther swims with Tom & Jerry and co-stars with future husband Fernando Lamas. See more Read all reviews
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Charles Walters

Director

Esther Williams

Katie Higgins

Fernando Lamas

André Lanet

Jack Carson

Windy Weebe

Charlotte Greenwood

Ma Higgins

Denise Darcel

Gigi Mignon
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Synopsis Athletic farmer's daughter Katie Higgins and her tightly-knit family all love swimming. When traveling salesman Windy Weebe comes to the farm, he spots Katie's talent and encourages her to swim the English Channel. While training, she meets a charming Frenchman, Andrea Lanet, and has a dreamy dip with cartoons Tom and Jerry. In the end, her focus is torn between the swim and deciding between her two suitors, Lanet and Weebe.
Director
Charles Walters
Producer
George Wells
Screenwriter
Dorothy Kingsley
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's
Genre
Musical, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 18, 1953, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2009
Runtime
1h 35m