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Which Way to the Front?

  • 1970
  • G
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
4.6/10
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Jerry Lewis in Which Way to the Front? (1970)
ComedyWar

Brendan Byers III is a wealthy playboy who wants to serve his country as a soldier, but he has been classified as 4-F (Registrant not acceptable for military service). He recruits volunteers... Read allBrendan Byers III is a wealthy playboy who wants to serve his country as a soldier, but he has been classified as 4-F (Registrant not acceptable for military service). He recruits volunteers among his employees for a privately-funded mission in the Italian front of the war. Byers... Read allBrendan Byers III is a wealthy playboy who wants to serve his country as a soldier, but he has been classified as 4-F (Registrant not acceptable for military service). He recruits volunteers among his employees for a privately-funded mission in the Italian front of the war. Byers impersonate the German general Eric Kesselring, with the plan to order German troops to r... Read all

  • Director
    • Jerry Lewis
  • Writers
    • Gerald Gardner
    • Dee Caruso
    • Dick Miller
  • Stars
    • Jerry Lewis
    • Jan Murray
    • John Wood
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.6/10
    1.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jerry Lewis
    • Writers
      • Gerald Gardner
      • Dee Caruso
      • Dick Miller
    • Stars
      • Jerry Lewis
      • Jan Murray
      • John Wood
    • 21User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Jerry Lewis, Steve Franken, Jan Murray, and Dack Rambo in Which Way to the Front? (1970)
    Jerry Lewis and Steve Franken in Which Way to the Front? (1970)
    Jerry Lewis, Steve Franken, Jan Murray, and Dack Rambo in Which Way to the Front? (1970)
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    Jerry Lewis
    Jerry Lewis
    • Brendan Byers III…
    Jan Murray
    • Sid Hackle
    John Wood
    John Wood
    • Finkel
    Steve Franken
    Steve Franken
    • Peter Bland
    Willie Davis
    • Lincoln
    Dack Rambo
    Dack Rambo
    • Terry Love
    Robert Middleton
    Robert Middleton
    • Colonico
    Kaye Ballard
    Kaye Ballard
    • Senora Messina
    Harold J. Stone
    Harold J. Stone
    • General Buck
    Paul Winchell
    Paul Winchell
    • Schroeder
    Sidney Miller
    Sidney Miller
    • Hitler
    Joe Besser
    Joe Besser
    • Dock Master
    Gary Crosby
    Gary Crosby
    • SS Guard
    Danny Dayton
    Danny Dayton
    • Man in Car
    Kathleen Freeman
    Kathleen Freeman
    • Bland's Mother
    Neil Hamilton
    Neil Hamilton
    • Chief of Staff
    Bob Layker
    • Sergeant
    Art Lewis
    Art Lewis
    • SS Guard
    • (as Artie Lewis)
    • Director
      • Jerry Lewis
    • Writers
      • Gerald Gardner
      • Dee Caruso
      • Dick Miller
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    • Trivia
      Jerry Lewis used the surname "Calonico" for one of the characters. Calonico was the original birth name of Jerry's then-wife Patti Lewis (nee Palmer).
    • Goofs
      The entire movie is an anachronism. Set in WW2, people have 1970 hair styles, and clothing. A woman is seen in a mini skirt.
    • 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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    User reviews21

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    2/10
    Nein Nein Jerry
    I clearly remember being bereft at the age of about 10 when I read that Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were splitting up. I think it was my first lesson in the world being cruel, I was truly shocked at that age as these were my comedy heroes. They'd had a string of hits finishing with Pardners and Hollywood or Bust and I just couldn't conceive of a world without Martin & Lewis. Jerry went on to make many comedies which got great acceptance as I remember in Europe, but not so much in the USA. He was regarded as a kind of modern day Chaplin and an acquired taste, mainly due to his obstinance in doing his own thing. This fortunately came to a head with the original Nutty Professor, a truly great comedy. I wish he'd left it there as Which Way To The Front, which I've just viewed is dreadful. An awful script, let down by amateur acting from the so called comedic actors supporting him, a ghastly performance by Jerry himself, screaming for most of it, and in this day and age, politically incorrect to the extreme. I smiled in two or three places and that was it. Best to avoid unless like me, you're a Jerry Lewis completist and just had to watch to the end. It seemed about as long as the second world war in which it was set.
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    • a.lampert
    • Nov 23, 2014

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 27, 1970 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Wo, bitte, geht's zur Front?
    • Filming locations
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Jerry Lewis Productions
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $402,134
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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