About Face (1952)

Director:

Roy Del Ruth

Writers:

Fred F. Finklehoffe (play) and
John Monks Jr. (play) ...

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance | Sport

Plot:

Three friends enter military school together, but 2 of them don't know that the 3rd one is secretly married.

Plot Keywords:

School | Military | Military School | Baseball | U.S. Army

Cast

Gordon MacRae	...	Tony Williams
Eddie Bracken	...	Biff Roberts
Dick Wesson	...	Dave Crouse
Virginia Gibson	...	Betty Long
Phyllis Kirk	...	Alice Wheatley
Aileen Stanley Jr.	...	Lorna Carter
Joel Grey	...	Bender
Larry Keating	...	Col. Long
Cliff Ferre	...	Lt. Jones
John Baer	...	Hal Carlton
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Best	...	Hal's Roommate (unconfirmed)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Joel Grey's film debut.

Movie Connections:

Version of Brother Rat (1938)

Soundtrack:

Piano, Bass and Drums

Weak re-make

This film is not bad, but a washed out version of "BROTHER RAT" (1938) that starred Ronald Reagan, Eddie Alber and Wayne Morris, three "rats" who are enrolled at Virginia Military Institute (VMI), a real place. There are never any freshmen at VMI, they are deemed "rats", and the bond between them usually is a lifelong one. This film is a black and white classic that is fondly screend at VMI, in Lexington, to this day.