The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)

Set during WWII, an Army Intelligence officer (Jim Hutton) stationed in Hawaii is sent to a remote island in the Pacific to search for a Japanese soldier (Yuki Shimoda) hiding in the hills. Romantic complications ensue when a nurse (Paula Prentiss) the officer is attracted to is also sent to the island. Based on the novel THE BOTTLETOP AFFAIR by Gordon Cotler and directed by Richard Thorpe (IVANHOE). The fourth and last teaming of Hutton and Prentiss (although Prentiss did a cameo in LOOKING FOR LOVE (1964) opposite Hutton) is a dud of a military service comedy. It makes the similarly themed THE PRIVATE NAVY OF SGT. O'FARRELL (1968) look like a comedy classic! There's not a single laugh to be had though to their credit, Hutton and Prentiss give it their best shot. The studio didn't even bother going on location, it's a soundstage island. With Miyoshi Umeki (who gets to sing Gershwin's How About You?), Charles McGraw, Jack Carter, Jim Backus, Marty Ingels and Yoshio Yoda.