Back at the Front (1952)

Director:

George Sherman

Writers:

Lou Breslow (screenplay)
Lou Breslow (story)
(more)

Release Date:

October 1952 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Further misadventures of comic soldiers Willie and Joe, now in Japan.

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Army Life | Based On Book

Cast

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)
Dee Carroll	...	Night Curse (uncredited)
Tom Carr	...	Lieutenant in Officers' Club (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)

Directed by
George Sherman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Lou Breslow		screenplay
Lou Breslow		story
Oscar Brodney		writer
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

Sound Department
Leslie I. Carey	....	sound
Robert Pritchard	....	sound

Music Department
Joseph Gershenson	....	musical director

Production Companies

• Universal International Pictures (UI)

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1952) (USA) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

Willie and Joe Back at the Front (USA) (reissue title)
Willie and Joe in Tokyo (UK)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S

Filming Locations:

Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Universal International Pictures (UI)

Movie Connections:

Follows Up Front (1951)