When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
1h 22m
Running Time
February 17, 1950Release Date
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
1h 22m
Running Time
February 17, 1950Release Date
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Plot.
When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home town, and he is recruited into training, keeping him from the action. However, when he finds himself accidently behind enemy lines he unexpectedly becomes a hero after all.
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Cast & Crew.
Dan Dailey
William 'Bill' Kluggs
Corinne Calvet
Yvonne Le Tete
Colleen Townsend
Marjorie 'Marge' Fettles
William Demarest
Herman Kluggs
Jimmy Lydon
Charles 'Charlie' Fettles
Lloyd Corrigan
Major Adams
Evelyn Varden
Gertrude Kluggs
Whit Bissell
Lt. M.J. Hanley - Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Vera Miles
Laughing Sergeant's Date (uncredited)
Luis Alberni
Barman (uncredited)
Gregg Barton
Colonel (uncredited)
George Blagoi
German Officer (uncredited)
William Bryant
B-17 Crew Member in Cockpit (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
French Resistance Fighter (uncredited)
Ann Codee
French Resistance Fighter (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
American Legionnaire at Dance (uncredited)
Russ Conway
Maj. J.A. White (uncredited)
Clyde Cook
Tarjack (uncredited)
Johnny Duncan
Soldier (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Officer at Party (uncredited)
James Flavin
Gen. Brevort (uncredited)
Everett Glass
Colonel J.W. Hollingsworth (uncredited)
Wilton Graff
General Chester Jans (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Male Nurse in Hospital Corridor (uncredited)
Alan Hale Jr.
Laughing Sergeant at Dance (uncredited)
Charles Halton
Mr. Fettles (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Hospital Patient (uncredited)
Paul Harvey
Brig. Gen. Lamson (uncredited)
Robin Hughes
Marine Officer (uncredited)
Ted Jordan
Gunner #1 (uncredited)
Larry Keating
Gen. G. 'Larry' Reeding (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
'Butch' - Officer at Meeting (uncredited)
Harry Lauter
Aide (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
Churchgoer (uncredited)
J. Farrell MacDonald
Gilby - Pharmacist (uncredited)
George Magrill
Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
Hank Mann
American Legionnaire at Dance (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
Mrs. Clara Fettles (uncredited)
John McGuire
Major L.T. Moore (uncredited)
David McMahon
Col. Ainsley (uncredited)
Louis Mercier
French Resistance Fighter (uncredited)
Alberto Morin
French Resistance Fighter (uncredited)
Robert Patten
Corporal heckling Bill (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Sgt. Briggs - Instructor (uncredited)
Otto Reichow
Gestapo Agent (uncredited)
Dan Riss
Gen. Adams (uncredited)
Carol Savage
Auxiliary Air Force Woman (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson
Military Policeman Kerrigan (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Sergeant (uncredited)
Charles Tannen
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Joe - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Kenneth Tobey
Lt. K. Geiger (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge
Gen. Merrill (uncredited)
Harlan Warde
Captain S. Robbins (uncredited)
Hank Worden
American Legionnaire Band Leader (uncredited)
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 17, 1950
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 22m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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Wiki.
When Willie Comes Marching Home is a 1950 World War II comedy film directed by John Ford and starring Dan Dailey and Corinne Calvet. It is based on the 1945 short story "When Leo Comes Marching Home" by Sy Gomberg. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.Sy Gomberg also received an Oscar nomination for Best Motion Picture Story at the 23rd Academy Awards in 1951 but was edged out for the award by Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt for Panic in the Streets.
The film was referred to in M*A*S*H (1970), directed by Robert Altman.
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