Duke of the Navy

It stars Ralph Byrd as Bill "Breezy" Duke, Stubby Kruger as Dan "Cookie" Cook, and Veda Ann Borg as Maureen.

The film centers on sailors Breezy, who disguises himself as heir to a company fortune, and his friend Cookie, as they become part of a sophisticated con scheme.

She finds herself entertained by Breezy's pose, and, while she is out of town for a month, she grants them permission to stay at her suite, located at the Coral Beach Hotel.

He plots with "Sniffy" Higgins (Val Stanton), who poses as his valet, to entice Breezy into a con game to steal the Duke fortune.

Breezy overhears their discussion and confides in Courtney, who then inserts some sleeping powder in Duke chocolate bars and gives them to the black guards.

Cookie tells everyone the news that Bunco was a federal fugitive, and for capturing him, he and Breezy have won a $10,000 reward, which they use to repay their friends.

[1] The film starred Ralph Byrd as Bill "Breezy" Duke, who at the time was best known for his role as Dick Tracy in the 1937 serial of the same name.

Wheeler W. Dixon, in his book Producers Releasing Corporation: A Comprehensive Filmography and History, called the film "nonsense" and wrote that "they [the cast] were unable to lend any help to a script dead set against everybody concerned.

"[2] Adversely, author John Cocchi wrote that "Ralph Byrd seizes his best comedy opportunity here" and that the "pleasant outdoor locales replace the often cramped sets of many of the company releases."

He reserved special praise for a scene where Courtney turns down a card sharp scheme to con Breezy and Cookie as it was used in the 1941 screwball comedy film The Lady Eve, which he called "priceless.