Back at the Front
Appearance
(Redirected from Willie and Joe Back at the Front)
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Directed by | George Sherman |
Written by | Lou Breslow Oscar Brodney Don McGuire |
Based on | Willie and Joe by Bill Mauldin |
Produced by | Leonard Goldstein |
Starring | Tom Ewell Harvey Lembeck Mari Blanchard |
Cinematography | Clifford Stine |
Edited by | Paul Weatherwax |
Music by | Joseph Gershenson |
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Distributed by | Universal-International |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1.3 million (US rentals)[1] |
Back at the Front (titled Willie and Joe in Tokyo in the UK) is a 1952 American comedy film directed by George Sherman and starring Tom Ewell, Harvey Lembeck and Mari Blanchard, very loosely based on the characters Willie and Joe by Bill Mauldin. It is a sequel to Up Front (1951). Mauldin repudiated both films, and refused his advising fee.
Plot
[edit]Willie (Ewell) and Joe (Lembeck) are two U.S. Army veterans of World War II who got through the war by goldbricking. After returning to civilian life they are recalled to active duty and end up part of the post war occupation forces in Japan. Chaos ensues as they attempt one con job after another in order to avoid work details and get leave to spend time in Tokyo.
Cast
[edit]- Tom Ewell as Willie
- Harvey Lembeck as Joe
- Mari Blanchard as Nina
- Richard Long as T/Sgt. Rose
- Gregg Palmer as Capt. White
- Barry Kelley as Brig. Gen. Dixon
- Russell Johnson as Johnny Redondo
- Vaughn Taylor as Maj. Lester Ormsby
- Aram Katcher as Ben
- Aen-Ling Chow as Sameko
- Benson Fong as Rickshaw boy
- Lane Bradford as Military Policeman
- Dee Carroll as Night Curse
- David Janssen as Soldier
References
[edit]- ^ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
External links
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Categories:
- 1952 films
- Universal Pictures films
- Military humor in film
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by George Sherman
- Films based on American comics
- Films set in Tokyo
- Japan in non-Japanese culture
- American comedy films
- 1952 comedy films
- 1950s English-language films
- 1950s American films
- World War II film stubs