This Is the Army
It's your own army - in the army's own show!
1943 · 2h 1m · N/A
Comedy, Music, War
Directed by
Michael Curtiz
Overview
In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny Jones, who was before his fathers assistant, gets the order to stage a knew all-soldier show, called THIS IS THE ARMY. But in his pesonal life he has problems, because he refuses to marry his fiancée until the war is over.
Director and cast
- Michael Curtiz Director
- George Murphy as Jerry Jones
- Joan Leslie as Eileen Dibble
- George Tobias as Maxie Twardofsky
- Alan Hale as Sgt. McGee
- Charles Butterworth as Eddie Dibble
- Dolores Costello as Mrs. Davidson
- Una Merkel as Rose Dibble
- Stanley Ridges as Maj. John B. Davidson
- Rosemary DeCamp Cast
- Ruth Donnelly Cast
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