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This Is the Army

It's your own army - in the army's own show!

1943★ 5.7 · 252h 1mComedyMusicRomanceWar

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.

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Cast

Ronald Reagan
as Johnny Jones

Henry Jones
as Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)

Richard Farnsworth
as Soldier (uncredited)

Una Merkel
as Rose Dibble

George Tobias
as Maxie Twardofsky

Irving Bacon
as Waiter (uncredited)

Ross Elliott
as Officer in Magician Skit

Alan Hale
as Sergeant McGee

Gary Merrill
as Backstage MP on Right (uncredited)

Herbert Anderson
as Danny Davidson

Hayden Rorke
as Soldier / Stage Manager (uncredited)

George Murphy
as Jerry Jones

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Release date: 1943-08-14

Runtime: 2h 1m

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ComedyMusicRomanceWar

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