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Adopt a Sailor

Adopt a Sailor

He fell out of a plane and into their lives.

2008•1h 25m•5.7/10
ComedyDramaRomance

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5.7/10(9)

Adopt A Sailor is about Patricia and Richard, a successful and hip couple from New York City who inadvertently "adopt a sailor" during Fleet Week in New York City and the young man form Turkey Scratch, Arkansas who changes their lives forever.

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Production

Kim and Jim Productions, WonderStar Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Bebe Neuwirth

Bebe Neuwirth

Patricia

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

Richard

Ethan Peck

Ethan Peck

Sailor

Christopher Scholl

Officer on deck, USS Wasp

Wendy Rolfe Evered

USO Officer

Scot Cregan

Navy Lietenant - USO

Lezly Clayton

Woman #1 in Time Square

Jenel Fontes

Woman #2 in Time Square (as Janell Fontes)

Curt Clarke

Marine shaving on USS WASP (as Gunnery Srgt. Curt Clarke)

Jeremy Siegrist

Marine on USS WASP (as NC1 Jeremy Siegrist)

Andrew McCord

Marine on USS WASP (As MC2 Andrew McCord)

Renae Madore

Woman in Port Authority

Griffin Wade

Griffin Wade

Teen in Port Authority

Margaret Evered

Young Girl in Port Authority

John Evered

Young Boy in USO

Elizabeth Thompson

Navy Project Officer (as MC2 Elizabeth Thompson)

Amy Lovato

USO Show Troupe Coordinator

Brian Whiting

USO Advisor

Joseph Guccione

Man in Columbus Circle

Audrey Loggia

Woman in Columbus Circle

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