- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Release: 1944-10-07
- Director: Phil Karlson
- Writers: Hal Fimberg
- Language: English
- Stars: Elyse Knox , Ann Gillis , Sally Eilers , Richard Lane , Marjorie Woodworth , Ramsay Ames , Henny Youngman , Charles ‘Red’ Marshall , Alan Dinehart , Billy Mack
- Runtime: 70 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (United Kingdom) , A Wave, a WAC and a Marine , A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (United States of America)
- Plot: Henny, talent scout for the Margaret Ames Film Agency in Hollywood, mistakes Judy and Marian, the understudies, for Eileen and Betty, the real stars of a Broadway show and signs them up for movies. Margaret, furious with Henny for the blunder, fires him---but only temporarily. Another agent, Marty Allen, once married to and still in love with Margaret, signs Betty and Eileen. Henny arrives with Judy and Marian, and the nightclub manager asks Henny to emcee the show. Though he is not sure himself what they can do, Henny introduces the girls and they make a hit in a dramatic sketch. (Simmer down, it's just a Monogram movie, and their nightclub attendees can react anyway director Phil Karlstein/Karlson wants them to.) Big-time movie producer R. J. signs them to a film contract. So, what does this have to do with the title, "A WAVE, a WAC and a Marine"? Because Judy joins the WAVES, Marian the WACS and Marty the Marines and all have two weeks before induction, and that is more than long enough to shoot a Monogram musical-within-a-Monogram musical and have a few days to spare.
- IMDB:tt0037448
A Wave, a WAC and a Marine Cast · · · ALL
Phil Karlson
Director
Elyse Knox
Marian
Ann Gillis
Judy (as Anne Gillis)
Sally Eilers
Margaret Ames
Richard Lane
Marty Allen
Marjorie Woodworth
Eileen
Ramsay Ames
Betty
Henny Youngman
Henny Brown