Adopt a Sailor
Adopt a Sailor

Adopt a Sailor

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2008
1h 25m
5.7(9 votes)
Comedy
Drama
Romance

Overview

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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38 members
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Bebe Neuwirth

Patricia

Bebe Neuwirth
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Peter Coyote

Richard

Peter Coyote
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Ethan Peck

Sailor

Ethan Peck
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Christopher Scholl

Officer on deck, USS Wasp

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Wendy Rolfe Evered

USO Officer

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Scot Cregan

Navy Lietenant - USO

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Lezly Clayton

Woman #1 in Time Square

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Jenel Fontes

Woman #2 in Time Square (as Janell Fontes)

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Curt Clarke

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

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Jeremy Siegrist

Marine on USS WASP (as NC1 Jeremy Siegrist)

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Andrew McCord

Marine on USS WASP (As MC2 Andrew McCord)

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Renae Madore

Woman in Port Authority

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Griffin Wade

Teen in Port Authority

Griffin Wade
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Margaret Evered

Young Girl in Port Authority

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John Evered

Young Boy in USO

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Elizabeth Thompson

Navy Project Officer (as MC2 Elizabeth Thompson)

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Amy Lovato

USO Show Troupe Coordinator

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Brian Whiting

USO Advisor

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Joseph Guccione

Man in Columbus Circle

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Audrey Loggia

Woman in Columbus Circle

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Cynthia Armstrong

Young Woman in Columbus Circle

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Ron Hunt

Sailor on USS WASP

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Davis Pegram

Sailor on USS WASP

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Aaron Hale

Sailor on USS WASP

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Kavan P. Checote

US Naval Sea Cadets Corp (as PO2 Kavan. P. Checote NSCC EOD)

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Andrae O. Sutherland

United States Navy Recruiter (as Andrae. O. Sutherland DC2 SW/AW)

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Ed Fingerling

Musician in Times Square

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Steve Wells

Man in Times Square

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Jon Wagner

Jon the golfer

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Patrick Evans

Pete the golfer

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Tony Avila

Tony the golfer

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Dan Ball

Running golfer

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Ruth Anderson

Ruth the golfer

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Tim Tully

American Medical Response Team

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Efren Gallardo

American Medical Response Team

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Carmen Capozzi

Woman at USO Event

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Lynelle Johnson

Woman at USO Event

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Wendy Adele Evered

USO Volunteer

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