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This Is the Army
This Is the Army

This Is the Army

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

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ComedyMusicRomanceWar

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

121 mins

Rating

5.783/10

Release Date

14 August 1943

Country

United States of America

Cast

George Murphy

George Murphy

Jerry Jones

Joan Leslie

Joan Leslie

Eileen Dibble

George Tobias

George Tobias

Maxie Twardofsky

Alan Hale

Alan Hale

Sergeant McGee

Charles Butterworth

Charles Butterworth

Eddie Dibble

Dolores Costello

Dolores Costello

Mrs. Davidson

Una Merkel

Una Merkel

Rose Dibble

Stanley Ridges

Stanley Ridges

John Davidson

Rosemary DeCamp

Rosemary DeCamp

Ethel Jones

Ruth Donnelly

Ruth Donnelly

Mrs. O'Brien

Dorothy Peterson

Dorothy Peterson

Mrs. Nelson

Frances Langford

Frances Langford

Herself

Gertrude Niesen

Gertrude Niesen

World War One Vocalist

Kate Smith

Kate Smith

Herself

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Johnny Jones

Joe Louis

Joe Louis

Joe Louis

Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin (uncredited)

Dan Dailey

Dan Dailey

Soldier (uncredited)

Richard Farnsworth

Richard Farnsworth

Soldier (uncredited)

Gary Merrill

Gary Merrill

Backstage MP on Right (uncredited)

Gene Nelson

Gene Nelson

Soldier (uncredited)

Hayden Rorke

Hayden Rorke

Soldier / Stage Manager (uncredited)

James Cross

James Cross

Stump

Alan Dexter

Alan Dexter

Soldier (uncredited)

Tom D'Andrea

Tom D'Andrea

Tom D'Andrea

Herbert Anderson

Herbert Anderson

Danny Davidson

John Daheim

John Daheim

Soldier (uncredited)

Richard Irving

Richard Irving

Mandy In Yellow Dress (uncredited)

Henry Jones

Henry Jones

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

Ethelreda Leopold

Ethelreda Leopold

Woman in D.C. Audience (uncredited)

Richard Reeves

Richard Reeves

Moore's Son's Dance Partner - 'Ladies of Chorus' (uncredited)

Ernest Truex

Ernest Truex

Soldier's Father (uncredited)

Julie Oshins

Julie Oshins

William Roerick

William Roerick

Mr. Green

Ross Elliott

Ross Elliott

Officer in Magician Skit

Alan Manson

Alan Manson

Hunting Skit Straight Man /Jane Cowl

Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

Waiter (uncredited)

Richard Crane

Richard Crane

Sergeant on Field March (uncredited)

Doodles Weaver

Doodles Weaver

Soldier (uncredited)

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