Movie

Doughboys in Ireland

1943★ 10.0 · 11h 1mWarComedyMusic

Overview

According to Doughboys in Ireland, there were those who sang their way through WW2. Radio tenor Kenny Baker plays Manhattan orchestra leading Danny O'Keefe, who is drafted into the army along with a Ritz Brothers-like quartet called The Jesters. Stationed in Ireland, Danny believes that his New York sweetheart Gloria (Lynn Merrick) has forgotten about him, thus he inaugurates a romance with Irish colleen Molly Callahan (Jeff Donnell).

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Cast

Robert Mitchum
as Ernie Jones (as Bob Mitchum)

Jeff Donnell
as Molly Callahan

Lynn Merrick
as Gloria Gold

Kenny Baker
as Danny O'Keefe

Guy Bonham
as Chuck Mayers (as The Jesters)

Walter Carlson
as Tiny Johnson (as The Jesters)

Red Latham
as Corny Smith (as The Jesters)