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Overview

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Director:
Jerry Lewis
Writers:
Dee Caruso (screenplay)
Gerald Gardner (screenplay)
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Release Date:
27 September 1970 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Comedy | War more
Tagline:
You vill see "Which Way to the Front?" ... und you vill laugh!
Plot:
Brendan Byers III, one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve his country in it's fight against Hitler... more | add synopsis
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Last original "Jerry Lewis" film is overlooked gem more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jerry Lewis ... Brendan Byers III
Jan Murray ... Sid Hackle
John Wood ... Finkel
Steve Franken ... Peter Bland
Dack Rambo ... Terry Love
Robert Middleton ... Colonico
Willie Davis ... Lincoln
Kaye Ballard ... Mayor's Wife

Harold J. Stone ... General Buck
Paul Winchell ... Schroeder
Sidney Miller ... Adolf Hitler

Joe Besser ... Dock Master
Gary Crosby ... SS Guard
Danny Dayton ... Man in car
Kathleen Freeman ... Bland's mother
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Ja, ja, mein General! But Which Way to the Front? (UK)
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Runtime:
USA:96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Joe Besser's final film. more
Quotes:
Adolf Hitler: Did you know that last year more people died from cigarette smoking than from bombings?
Brendan Byers III: What will you do about that, Führer?
Adolf Hitler: Increase the bombings!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) more

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Supposedly George Takei regrets participating in this film. Is this true?
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1 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Last original "Jerry Lewis" film is overlooked gem, 18 January 2009
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Author: (therascalsarchives@yahoo.com) from United States

Written by brilliant Monkees' TV writers Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso,WHICH WAY TO THE FRONT was the last of the "Jerry Lewis" movies until "Hardly Working" almost a decade later. Jerry's comedy is evidently an acquired taste, and admittedly he can occasionally be his own worst enemy when he helms as producer/director--but even in the dreariest of his films, there are always moments of brilliance.

WHICH WAY manages to be amusing,entertaining and yes,quite funny. It is somewhat unlike any of the typical Lewis films.The pace is very upbeat and ther are lots of excellent supporting players--a kind of JERRY DOES HOGANS HEROES.The whole thing looks kind of like an unsold TV pilot and you will either love it or hate it---but hopefully YOU VILL LAUGH

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