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Director:
Richard Murphy
Writers:
Albert Duffy (writer)
E.J. Kahn Jr. (New Yorker Magazine article The Gentle Wolfhound)
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Release Date:
29 November 1955 (Japan) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
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Wartime sentiment, astonishingly based on a true account... more

Cast

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Aldo Ray ... MSgt. Hugh O'Reilly
Philip Carey ... Col. William Shepherd (as Phil Carey)
Dick York ... Cpl. Neeby Muhlendorf
Chuck Connors ... Idaho Johnson
Camille Janclaire ... Sister Genevieve
Heihachiro Okawa ... Father Yoshida (as Henry Okawa)
Tatsuo Saito ... Konoya
Mitsuko Kimura ... Yuko
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Gentle Sergeant (UK)
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Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Finland:S | USA:Approved (certificate #17252)

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Wartime sentiment, astonishingly based on a true account..., 25 September 2008
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Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

In 1949 Occupied Japan, an American Army Sergeant who despises the locals ultimately finds a soft spot in his heart while working with the nuns and children at a bedraggled orphanage, soon falling in love with a Japanese translator. Although this story is based upon fact, with the real-life protagonist Sgt. Hugh O'Reilly acting as technical adviser, one hesitates to swallow such a big lump of sugar. The film has been designed as a heart-warmer yet, as bullet-chested, no-nonsense Aldo Ray plays O'Reilly, the character's complete transformation into an old softy is rather too good to be true. Ray, who got stuck in a revolving door of battle films during this period, isn't an animated actor on-screen, his personality mostly consisting of a stoic manliness; here, he strains to utilize his goofy laugh and dumb-mug smile to convince us he's just a big kid on the playground--one with love in his eyes. Ray's a decent actor, but this part would be a stretch for even the most accomplished performer. Buddy Dick York gets some second-banana laughs, Phil Carey is a by-the-books Colonel whose heart eventually thaws, while the sisters and little ones are constantly around to milk the audience for the utmost treacly effect. I didn't believe a second of it. ** from ****

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