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Director:
George Sherman
Writers:
Lou Breslow (screenplay)
Lou Breslow (story)
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Release Date:
October 1952 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Comedy See more »
Plot:
Further misadventures of comic soldiers Willie and Joe, now in Japan. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
Tom Ewell ... Willie

Harvey Lembeck ... Joe
Mari Blanchard ... Nina (Johnny Redondo's accomplice)
Richard Long ... Sfc. Rose
Gregg Palmer ... Capt. White (as Palmer Lee)
Barry Kelley ... Brig. Gen. Dixon

Russell Johnson ... Johnny Redondo, Smuggler
Vaughn Taylor ... Maj. Lester Ormsby
Aram Katcher ... Ben (Redondo's driver)
Aen-Ling Chow ... Sameko (Redondo's housemaid)
Benson Fong ... Rickshaw boy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mal Alberts ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Holly Bane ... Military Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Howard Banks ... Major (uncredited)
Ray Barnes ... Captain's Desk Orderly (uncredited)
Lane Bradford ... Military Policeman (uncredited)

Robert Bray ... Military Police Corporal (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Earl Brown ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Harris Brown ... Corporal (uncredited)
Tom Carr ... Lieutenant in Officers' Club (uncredited)
Dee Carroll ... Night Curse (uncredited)
Douglas Carter ... Colonel Wembley (uncredited)
Bill Cassady ... Corporal (uncredited)
Ken Christy ... Bartender (uncredited)
Howard Chuman ... Clerk (uncredited)
Bud Cokes ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Pat Combs ... Young Soldier (uncredited)
Chuck Courtney ... Young Soldier Patient (uncredited)
Jack Daly ... Driver / Mailman (uncredited)
Robert Dane ... Military Policeman (uncredited)
Van Des Autels ... Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)
Amy Ding Dong ... Japanese Girl (uncredited)

John Doucette ... Military Police Sergeant in Bar (uncredited)
Norman Evans ... C.I.D. Man (uncredited)
Duane Grey ... Military Policeman (uncredited)
Ted Hecht ... Smuggler Fong Loo (uncredited)
Douglas Henderson ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Larry Hudson ... C.I.D. Man (uncredited)
Frank Iwanaga ... Scrub Boy (uncredited)

David Janssen ... Soldier (uncredited)
Ted Jordan ... Military Policeman (uncredited)
S. Kawaguchi ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Gayle Kellogg ... Sergeant in Motor Pool (uncredited)
Freeman Lusk ... Colonel Harkins (uncredited)
Herbert Lytton ... Army Doctor (uncredited)
Archer MacDonald ... Lieutenant in Officers' Club Bath House (uncredited)
Warren Mace ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Clyde McLeod ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Tyler McVey ... Colonel Daley (uncredited)
Rollin Moriyama ... Scrub Boy (uncredited)
John Pickard ... Processing Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Robert Pike ... Dr. Smith (uncredited)
Hugh Prosser ... Lieutenant General in Wash Room (uncredited)
George Ramsey ... Pete Wilson (uncredited)
Edward Rickard ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Jimmy Shaw ... Military Police Corporal (uncredited)
Paul Smith ... Corporal (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan ... Policeman (uncredited)
May Takasugi ... Receptionist (uncredited)
Claudette Thornton ... Nurse (uncredited)
Roland Varno ... Smuggler Vishmirov (uncredited)
George Wallace ... Military Policeman (uncredited)

Bob Wehling ... Colonel Smythe (uncredited)

Guy Williams ... Quartermaster Captain (uncredited)
Gordon Wynn ... C.I.D. Man (uncredited)
Mari Young ... Japanese Girl (uncredited)
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Directed by
George Sherman 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Lou Breslow  screenplay
Lou Breslow  story
Oscar Brodney 
Bill Mauldin  book
Don McGuire  screenplay
Don McGuire  story

Produced by
Leonard Goldstein .... producer
 
Original Music by
Henry Mancini (uncredited)
Herman Stein (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Clifford Stine 
 
Film Editing by
Paul Weatherwax 
 
Costume Design by
Rosemary Odell 
 
Makeup Department
Joan St. Oegger .... hair stylist
Bud Westmore .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Shaw .... assistant director
Gordon McLean .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Leslie I. Carey .... sound
Robert Pritchard .... sound
 
Music Department
Joseph Gershenson .... musical director
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Willie and Joe Back at the Front" - USA (reissue title)
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Runtime:
87 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:S
Filming Locations:
Tokyo, Japan
Company:
Universal International Pictures (UI)See more »

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Follows Up Front (1951)See more »

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