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This Is the Army
“It's your own army - in the army's own show!”
5.7 / 10• 1943• 2h 1m•NR• English
ComedyMusicWar
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
George Murphy
Jerry Jones
Lead
Joan Leslie
Eileen Dibble
George Tobias
Maxie Twardofsky
Alan Hale
Sergeant McGee
Charles Butterworth
Eddie Dibble
Dolores Costello
Mrs. Davidson
Una Merkel
Rose Dibble
Stanley Ridges
John Davidson
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Michael Curtiz's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. This Is the Army is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
