Wake Me When It's Over (1960)
2h 6m
Running Time
June 10, 1960Release Date
Wake Me When It's Over (1960)
2h 6m
Running Time
June 10, 1960Release Date
Plot.
The war may be over, but that doesn't keep the hapless Gus Brubaker from being drafted and posted on a forgotten little Japanese Island...and that's just the beginning of this wacky Air Force adventure!
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Cast & Crew.
Ernie Kovacs
Capt. Charlie Stark
Dick Shawn
Gus Brubaker
Margo Moore
Lt. Nora McKay
Nobu McCarthy
Ume Tanaka
Jack Warden
Capt. Dave 'Doc' Farrington
Don Knotts
Sgt. Percy Warren
Mervyn LeRoy
Director
Richard L. Breen
Writer
Media.
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Wake Me When It's Over is a 1960 DeLuxe Color comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Ernie Kovacs and Dick Shawn in CinemaScope. The screenplay concerns a World War II veteran who gets called back into service by mistake and sent to a dreary Pacific island. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Howard Singer. The title song was written by Sammy Cahn (words) and James Van Heusen (music) and sung by Andy Williams.