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When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)
Directed by Charles Lamont
“FORWARD MARCH! for romance...rhythm...and fun!”
· 1h 14m
By popular consensus, Allan Jones' best Universal mini-musical of the 1940s was the timely When Johnny Comes Marching Home. Jones is cast as war hero Johnny Kovacs, who wearies of the adulation heaped upon him and takes refuge under an assumed name in a theatrical boarding house. Here he befriends orchestra leader Phil Spitalny and his all-girl aggregation, including the inimitable Evelyn and Her Magic Violin. When Army officials trace Johnny to the boarding house, his new friends assume that he's a deserter and try to convince him to return to duty.
Cast
Allan Jones
Johnny Kovacs
Jane Frazee
Joyce
Gloria Jean
Marilyn
Donald O'Connor
Frankie
Peggy Ryan
Dusty
Richard Davies
Tommy Bridges
Clyde Fillmore
Hamilton Wellman
Marla Shelton
Diana Wellman
Olin Howland
Trullers
Emma Dunn
Ma Flanagan
M
Maceo Anderson
Four Step Brothers Member
F
Freddie James
Four Step Brothers Member
Crew
- Director
- Charles Lamont
- Writer
- Oscar Brodney, Dorothy Bennett
- Director of Photography
- George Robinson
Details
- Release date
- 1942-12-24
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Universal Pictures