Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
Don't Go Near the Water
TITLE DETAILS

Don't Go Near the Water

1957-11-14 · 107 min · ★ 5.3

Comedy · Adventure · Romance · War

Madison Avenue-trained Navy men handle public relations on a South Pacific island during World War II.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Charles Walters
Production companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Avon Productions
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Glenn FordGlenn FordLt. J.G. Max Siegel
Gia ScalaGia ScalaMelora Alba
Earl HollimanEarl HollimanAdam Garrett
Anne FrancisAnne FrancisLt. Alice Tomlen
Keenan WynnKeenan WynnGordon Ripwell
Fred ClarkFred ClarkLt. Cmdr. Clinton T. Nash
Eva GaborEva GaborDeborah Aldrich
Russ TamblynRuss TamblynEns. Tyson
Jeff RichardsJeff RichardsLt. Ross Pendleton
Mickey ShaughnessyMickey ShaughnessyFarragut Jones
Howard SmithHoward SmithAdmiral Junius Boatwright
Romney BrentRomney BrentMr. Alba - Melora's Father
Mary WickesMary WickesJanie
Jack StrawLt. Cmdr. Gladstone
Robert NicholsRobert NicholsLt. Cmdr. Hereford
John AldersonJohn AldersonLt. Cmdr. Diplock
Jack AlbertsonJack AlbertsonRep. George Jansen
Charles WattsCharles WattsRep. Arthur Smithfield
Mike SteenMike SteenMarine Orderly (uncredited)

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Rental

Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

Purchase

Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

View authorized watch options on TMDb

Recommendations

The Wackiest Ship in the Army
★ 6.1
The Wackiest Ship in the Army1960Comedy · War

Lieutenant Rip Crandall is hoodwinked into taking command of the "Wackiest Ship in the Navy" – a real garbage scow with a crew of misfits who don't know a jib from a jigger. What none of them knows, including Crandall, is that this ship has a very important top-secret mission to complete in waters patrolled by the Japanese fleet. Their mission will save hundreds of allied lives – if only they can get there in one piece.

Operation Petticoat
★ 7.2
Operation Petticoat1959Comedy · Romance · War

A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.

The Incredible Mr. Limpet
★ 6.2
The Incredible Mr. Limpet1964Comedy · War

Milquetoast Henry Limpet experiences his fondest wish and is transformed into a fish. As a talking fish he assists the US Navy in hunting German submarines during World War II.

Swashbuckler
★ 6.2
Swashbuckler1976Comedy · Adventure

A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.

South Pacific
★ 6.1
South Pacific1958Romance · War

Can a girl from Little Rock find happiness with a mature French planter she got to know one enchanted evening away from the military hospital where she is a nurse? Or should she just wash that man out of her hair? Bloody Mary is the philosopher of the island and it's hard to believe she could be the mother of Liat who has captured the heart of Lt. Joseph Cable USMC. While waiting for action in the war in the South Pacific, sailors and nurses put on a musical comedy show. The war gets closer and the saga of Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque becomes serious drama.

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
★ 5.9
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?1966Comedy · War

A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance, they must look like they are fighting. To sort this out an intelligence officer is sent in. Meanwhile the festival gets complicated with the Mayors daughter.

The Gang's All Here
★ 5.9
The Gang's All Here1943Comedy · Romance

A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.

U-571
★ 6.6
U-5712000Adventure · War

In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. However, after a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, the Allies realise this is their chance to seize the 'enigma coding machine'.

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
★ 7.0
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.1951Adventure · War

Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central American rebels.

Donovan's Reef
★ 6.2
Donovan's Reef1963Comedy · Adventure · Romance

After her great aunt's death, a high-society woman arrives on a Hawaiian island in search of the heir - the father she has never met.

Major Payne
★ 6.5
Major Payne1995Comedy · Adventure

Major Benson Winifred Payne is being discharged from the Marines. Payne is a killin' machine, but the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield. A career Marine, he has no idea what to do as a civilian, so his commander finds him a job - commanding officer of a local school's JROTC program, a bunch of ragtag losers with no hope.

It's Always Fair Weather
★ 7.0
It's Always Fair Weather1955Comedy · Romance

Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.

Johnny English Strikes Again
★ 6.3
Johnny English Strikes Again2018Comedy · Adventure

Disaster strikes when a criminal mastermind reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain. The secret service can now rely on only one man - Johnny English. Currently teaching at a minor prep school, Johnny springs back into action to find the mysterious hacker. For this mission to succeed, he’ll need all of his skills - what few he has - as the man with yesterday’s analogue methods faces off against tomorrow’s digital technology.

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
★ 7.2
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters1999Adventure · War

Lieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.

I Was a Male War Bride
★ 6.9
I Was a Male War Bride1949Comedy · Romance · War

After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.

Farewell to the King
★ 6.0
Farewell to the King1989Adventure · War

An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. The American is reluctant to rejoin the fight against the Japanese on the urging of a British commando team but conducts a war of vengeance when the Japanese attack his adopted people.

Memoirs of an Invisible Man
★ 5.9
Memoirs of an Invisible Man1992Comedy · Romance

After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.

This Means War
★ 6.2
This Means War2012Comedy · Romance

Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
★ 7.2
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil1999Adventure · War

Acting Lieutenant Hornblower and his crew are captured by the enemy while escorting a Duchess who has secrets of her own.

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
★ 7.5
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant1998Adventure · War

Acting Lieutenant Hornblower attempts to study for his promotion examination, but becomes distracted by the serious supply problems that face his crew.

Similar titles

The Great Love
★ 6.8
The Great Love1942Romance

The attractive Oberleutnant Paul Wendlandt is stationed in North Africa as a fighter pilot. While in Berlin to deliver a report he is given a day's leave, and on the stage of the cabaret theatre "Skala" sees the popular Danish singer Hanna Holberg. For Paul it is love at first sight. When Hanna visits friends after the end of the performance, he follows her, and speaks to her in the U-Bahn. After the party in her friends' flat, he accompanies her home and chance throws them further together when an air raid warning forces them to take cover in the air raid shelter. Hanna reciprocates Paul's feelings, but after a night spent together Paul has to return immediately to the front. There now follows a whole series of misunderstandings, and one missed opportunity after another. While Hanna waits in vain for some sign of life from Paul, he is flying on missions in North Africa. When he tries to visit her in her Berlin flat, she is giving a Christmas concert in Paris.

Enemy at the Gates
★ 7.4
Enemy at the Gates2001War

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

Saving Private Ryan
★ 8.2
Saving Private Ryan1998War

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.

Cameramen at War
★ 5.8
Cameramen at War1943War

A tribute to the cameramen of the newsreel companies and the service film units, in the form of a compilation of film of the cameramen themselves, their training and some of their most dramatic film.

Attack! The Battle for New Britain
★ 7.0
Attack! The Battle for New Britain1944War

Actual footage by the United States Signal Corps of the landing and attack on Arawe Beach, Cape Glouster, New Britain island in 1943 in the South Pacific theatre of World War Two, and the handicaps of the wild jungle in addition to the Japanese snipers and pill-box emplacements.

Suite Française
★ 7.2
Suite Française2015Romance · War

France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.

A Matter of Resistance
★ 6.8
A Matter of Resistance1966Comedy · Romance

In the countryside near Normandy's beaches lives Marie, unhappy. It's 1945, she's married to Jérôme, a somewhat fussy milquetoast, diffident to the war around him and unwilling to move his wife to Paris, where she longs to live, shop, and party. A German outfit is bivouacked at Jérôme and Marie's crumbling château because its commanding officer is pursuing Marie. She's also eyed by a French spy working with the Allies as they plan D-Day. He woos her (posing to the Germans as her brother) and, in his passion, forgets his mission. Heroics come from an unexpected direction, and Marie makes her choice.

Flags of Our Fathers
★ 6.9
Flags of Our Fathers2006War

There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.

Operation Cross Eagles
★ 5.6
Operation Cross Eagles1968War

In Yugoslavia during WWII, a small band of courageous commandoes are sent to kidnap an important German commander in exchange for an American general being held in a German fortress.

Decision Before Dawn
★ 6.8
Decision Before Dawn1951War

WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to gather information. The scheme is risky: the Gestapo retains a terribly efficient network to identify and capture spies and deserters. Moreover, it is not clear that "Tiger", who does not mind any dirty work as long as the price is right, and war-weary "Happy", who might be easily betrayed by his feelings, are dependable agents. After Tiger and another American agent are successfully infiltrated, Happy is parachuted in Bavaria. His duty: find out the whereabouts of a powerful German armored unit moving towards the western front.

Atonement
★ 7.6
Atonement2007Romance

A young girl irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

Triple Cross
★ 6.1
Triple Cross1966Adventure · War

Safecracker Eddie Chapman is languishing in prison on the island of Jersey when the Nazis arrive. An adept manipulator of situations, Chapman convinces the Germans to use him to spy on the British. And when the would-be traitor arrives home, he convinces the English to use him as a double agent -- in exchange for a full pardon.

Fort Saganne
★ 6.0
Fort Saganne1984War

In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the military and is assigned to the Sahara Desert under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh.

The Blue Lagoon
★ 6.1
The Blue Lagoon1980Adventure · Romance

Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline and Richard make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures and nature's beauty. But will they ever see civilization again?

Shooting War
★ 6.4
Shooting War2000War

A remarkable film that takes a special look at the first war to be truly reported and recorded by one of the more unsung heroes of World War II: the combat photographer. Through the unflinching eye of their camera's lenses, these courageous soldiers continually risked their lives in their brave attempts to capture history.

L'Enfer de la bataille de Normandie
★ 8.0
L'Enfer de la bataille de Normandie2019War

Ashes and Diamonds
★ 7.4
Ashes and Diamonds1958Romance · War

A young academy soldier, Maciek Chelmicki, is ordered to shoot the secretary of the KW PPR. A coincidence causes him to kill someone else. Meeting face to face with his victim, he gets a shock. He faces the necessity of repeating the assassination. He meets Krystyna, a girl working as a barmaid in the restaurant of the "Monopol" hotel. His affection for her makes him even more aware of the senselessness of killing at the end of the war. Loyalty to the oath he took, and thus the obligation to obey the order, tips the scales.

The Nazi Jesus
★ 7.0
The Nazi Jesus2016War

While Nazi ideology dominated Europe, Adolf Hitler used all dogmas to his advantage and fed the cult of his personality. How did the Führer manage to transform the Bible, the Church and the symbols of Christianity into instruments of power, winning the support of the Germans? This documentary traces the rise of a little-known theological organization: the “German Christians”, which became the most powerful propaganda tool of the Third Reich.

Paris : Les Lieux secrets de l'occupation
★ 7.8
Paris : Les Lieux secrets de l'occupation2017War

The Ugliest Car
★ 6.0
The Ugliest Car2017Comedy

The youngest protagonist of the documentary is Wartburg, an automobile over 50 years of age. The car is still on the road, driven by Bogdan, a 70-year-old who is taking his mother to visit the German factory where she was forced to work during WWII. In this road movie which takes place between Majdanpek and Germany, the trip becomes a journey into the past, retracing memories from the war and revealing a unique relationship between an old son and his elderly mother.

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.