George Payne and Jack Wrangler pair up as a couple of gobs in NAVY BLUE, a tongue-in-cheek porn film by the Amero Bros.

In-jokes begin at the outset, as they both earn a 24-hour pass after finding missing strawberries to avert a mutiny on the S.S. Caine, with apologies to Humphrey Bogart.

Gimmick, handled in voice-over, is that both guys are closet queers, putting up a false front to fool their best buddy. That telegraphs a final reel clinch when both come clean, but a diverting hour of antics in Manhattan kills time effectively.

Jack is named Jack Whiting, an homage to his real-life wife-to-be Margaret Whiting. He fantasizes getting Payne all wrapped up as a Christmas present, in an early softcore scene.

Payne humps a sidewalk Santa, who under his costume is a thin stud, played by mustachioed Brian Ray. Jack responds to a flyer (handed out in front of the George M. Cohan statue on Times Square) to take a helicopter ride with The Flying Co*ksuckers. This results in a photogenic aerial blow job.

Guest star Erica Havens appears as a prostie who services Payne in a hot heterosexual scene, not the usual content for gay porn at all. Jack sees this happen and flees but returns for the inevitable hook-up with Payne, scored to Ravel's "Bolero" -not exactly the novelty pre-Blake Edwards "10" I once assumed -it's been used in countless porn films as romantic accompaniment.

Bittersweet ending has Jack staring longingly after George, when he receives transfer papers (dated 5/5/79) from the S.S. Caine to the S.S. Rosebud stationed at New London, Connecticut, separating him from his loving shipmate.

This is well-crafted low-budget porn, with enough sex to satisfy the fans, then and (perhaps) now. Cinematography is by one of Gotham's finest, Larry Revene, who also lensed Wrangler in a straight assignment in Chuck Vincent's JACK + JILL.

The romance genre features the theme of romantic relationships and emotional connections between characters. These stories focus on the development of love, desire, and intimacy between protagonists, often exploring the challenges, conflicts, and triumphs that arise in their relationships.

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George Payne and Wrangler are in the Navy, best buddies and in love with each other, but too afraid to tell the other.

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