Three U.S. Navy sailors – Gabey, Chip, and Ozzie – begin their shore leave, excited for their 24 hours in New York. While riding the subway, Gabey falls in love with and dreams of the woman in the poster of the monthly ”Miss Turnstiles”, whose name is Ivy Smith. By chance, she’s at the next subway station, and Gabey gets to pose in a promotional photo of her. After she catches the next train, Gabey vows to find her again. The sailors race around New York in a frenzied search, hoping still to have time to sightsee and take dates out to the clubs.
Along the way they are assisted by, and become romantically involved with, two women: Ozzie with Claire, an anthropologist; and Chip with Hildy, an aggressively amorous taxi driver. Claire claims that she’s found her passionate ”Prehistoric Man” in Ozzie at the Museum of Anthropological History. While dancing, Ozzie accidentally knocks over a dinosaur skeleton and the group flees the museum. They decide to split up in search of Ivy, during which Hildy invites Chip to ”Come Up to My Place”.
Finally locating Ivy in a dance class, Gabey takes her on an imaginary date to his home town (”Main Street”) in a studio in Symphonic Hall. He does not realize that she is from the same small town, for she pretends to be a native New Yorker. Meanwhile, Chip sincerely falls for Hildy and tells her ”You’re Awful” – that is, awful nice to be with. During the evening, the three couples meet at the top of the Empire State Building to celebrate a night ”On the Town”.
The couples go to several clubs for a good time. Gabey is still convinced Ivy is a genuine celebrity, so Hildy and Claire bribe a waiter to make a fuss in order to keep up the ruse. When an ashamed Ivy walks out on Gabey to get to her late-night job as a cooch dancer, Gabey is despondent. Hildy has her annoying, but well-meaning roommate, Lucy Schmeeler fill in as his date, but he can’t be consoled. The friends lift his spirits by singing ”You Can Count on Me”. Since Lucy has a bad cold, Gabey drops her off at her apartment and apologizes for having been a lackluster date.
The group eventually reunites with Ivy at Coney Island. Despite her lies being revealed, Gabey doesn’t care and is just happy to have found her. Unfortunately the group has been pursued by police for the dinosaur incident. The three men are taken back to their ship, and the women barely talk their way out of a night in jail. Moved by their speeches, the police escort them to the ship just as the sailors’ 24-hour shore leave ends. Although their future is uncertain, each couple shares one last kiss on the pier as a new batch of sailors heads out into the city for their leave.

1949

NR

883929447619

Movie

1.37:1

97

United States

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2024-06-28

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