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Joe Butterfly
Joe Butterfly

Joe Butterfly

The Uproarious Saga of Those Hilarious Heroes Who Took Tokyo in a Storm of Laughter with their Riotous Operation Kimono!

Genres

Comedy

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The staff of "Yank" magazine are among the first American troops into Tokyo after the Japanese surrender. Their mission: produce an issue of the magazine...in three days. To accomplish the seeming impossible, they reluctantly enlist the aid of black marketeer and arch-conniver Joe Butterfly, who sets them up in a palatial private mansion, complete with lovely daughter -- strictly against regulations. How much trouble can our heroes talk their way out of?

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

5.8/10

Release Date

29 May 1957

Country

United States of America

Cast

Burgess Meredith

Burgess Meredith

Joe Butterfly

Audie Murphy

Audie Murphy

Pvt. Joe Woodley

George Nader

George Nader

Sgt. Ed Kennedy

Keenan Wynn

Keenan Wynn

Harold Hathaway

Keiko Shima

Keiko Shima

Chieko

Fred Clark

Fred Clark

Col. E.E. Fuller

John Agar

John Agar

Sgt. Dick Mason

Charles McGraw

Charles McGraw

Sgt. Jim McNulty

Shinpei Shimazaki

Shinpei Shimazaki

Boku

Reiko Higa

Reiko Higa

False Tokyo Rose

Tatsuo Saitō

Tatsuo Saitō

Sakayama

Chizu Shimazaki

Chizu Shimazaki

Mother

Herbert Anderson

Herbert Anderson

Maj. Ferguson

Eddie Firestone

Eddie Firestone

Sgt. Oscar Hulick

Frank Chase

Frank Chase

Yeo. Saul Bernheim

Harold Goodwin

Harold Goodwin

Col. Hopper

Willard W. Willingham

Willard W. Willingham

Soldier

Al Ricketts

Al Ricketts

Reporter (uncredited)

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