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Overview

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7.1/10   607 votes
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Director:
Delmer Daves
Writer:
Delmer Daves (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
15 December 1944 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical | Romance more
Tagline:
62 Stars in Warners' Biggest Ever! more
Plot:
Two soldiers on sick leave spend three nights at the Hollywood Canteen before going back to active duty... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. more
User Comments:
Wave the flag and pass out the sandwiches more (20 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
The Andrews Sisters ... Themselves (as Andrews Sisters)

Jack Benny ... Himself
Joe E. Brown ... Himself
Eddie Cantor ... Himself

Kitty Carlisle ... Herself

Jack Carson ... Himself
Dane Clark ... Sergeant Nowland

Joan Crawford ... Herself
Helmut Dantine ... Himself

Bette Davis ... Herself
Faye Emerson ... Herself
Victor Francen ... Himself
John Garfield ... Himself

Sydney Greenstreet ... Himself
Alan Hale ... Himself
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Additional Details

Runtime:
124 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Ann Sheridan was supposed to have the female lead in this movie. However, Sheridan declined the role feeling the script was too unrealistic. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When "Slim" is sightseeing in Hollywood at the beginning of the film his infantry division patch (40th Div) is shown on his left shoulder. However, in one scene (right after the swimming pool), the patch is displayed on his right shoulder. more
Quotes:
[after unintentionally scaring away a marine sergeant]
Peter Lorre: [sadly] All I wanted to ask him is to join me in a cigarette!
Sydney Greenstreet: He didn't trust us, Peter.
Peter Lorre: No... and we are such gentle people!
Sydney Greenstreet: ...Are we?
Peter Lorre: [Backs away, frightened]
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Warner at War (2008) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Souvenir more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Wave the flag and pass out the sandwiches, 13 February 1999
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Author: The Turtle from Croatia

The film is an excellent period piece... one of those Hollywood wartime spectaculars that sort of carries out that sense of wartime thrift -- use just enough plot to glue the songs lightly together, and make sure you wave the flag enough to produce some enthusiasm for the "Buy War Bonds" trailer. The plot's thin, the music's good, the dancing OK, and it's actually pretty cool to see stars being "themselves." Peter Lorre and Sidney Greenstreet are hilarious in a two-minute gag that evokes "The Maltese Falcon."

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