Doughboys in Ireland

Doughboys in Ireland

61 mins | Comedy, War, Music | Oct. 7, 1943

According to Doughboys in Ireland, there were those who sang their way through WW2. Radio tenor Kenny Baker plays Manhattan orchestra leading Danny O'Keefe, who is drafted into the army along with a Ritz Brothers-like quartet called The Jesters. Stationed in Ireland, Danny believes that his New York sweetheart Gloria (Lynn Merrick) has forgotten about him, thus he inaugurates a romance with Irish colleen Molly Callahan (Jeff Donnell).

Doughboys in Ireland

61 mins | Comedy, War, Music | Oct. 7, 1943

Doughboys in Ireland
According to Doughboys in Ireland, there were those who sang their way through WW2. Radio tenor Kenny Baker plays Manhattan orchestra leading Danny O'Keefe, who is drafted into the army along with a Ritz Brothers-like quartet called The Jesters. Stationed in Ireland, Danny believes that his New York sweetheart Gloria (Lynn Merrick) has forgotten about him, thus he inaugurates a romance with Irish colleen Molly Callahan (Jeff Donnell).
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Doughboys in Ireland
Directors Lew Landers
Writers Howard J. Green

Cast

Kenny Baker

as Danny O'Keefe

Jeff Donnell

as Molly Callahan

Lynn Merrick

as Gloria Gold

Guy Bonham

as Chuck Mayers (as The Jesters)

Red Latham

as Corny Smith (as The Jesters)

Walter Carlson

as Tiny Johnson (as The Jesters)

Robert Mitchum

as Ernie Jones (as Bob Mitchum)