A Guy Named Joe

A Guy Named Joe

120 mins | Drama, Romance, War, Fantasy | Dec. 24, 1943

A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to Earth by heavenly General with a new assignment.

A Guy Named Joe

120 mins | Drama, Romance, War, Fantasy | Dec. 24, 1943

A Guy Named Joe
A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to Earth by heavenly General with a new assignment.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title A Guy Named Joe
Directors Dolph Zimmer, Horace Hough, Victor Fleming
Writers Chandler Sprague, David Boehm, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Dalton Trumbo

Cast

Spencer Tracy

as Pete Sandidge

Irene Dunne

as Dorinda Durston

Van Johnson

as Ted Randall

Ward Bond

as Al Yackey

James Gleason

as “Nails” Kilpatrick

Lionel Barrymore

as The General

Barry Nelson

as Dick Rumney

Esther Williams

as Ellen Bright

Henry O'Neill

as Col. Sykes

Don DeFore

as James J. Rourke

Charles Smith

as Sanderson

Addison Richards

as Maj. Corbett

Irving Bacon

as Henderson

Eve Whitney

as Rourke’s girlfriend

Kirk Alyn

as Officer in Heaven

Bill Arthur

as Cadet

Martin Ashe

as Sergeant in Chinese Restaurant

George Atkinson

as Waiter

Dora Baker

as Charwoman

Steve Barclay

as Flier

Ted Billings

as Man

Charles Bimbo

as Man

William Bishop

as Ray - Transport Pilot

John Bogden

as Cadet

Becky Bohanon

as English Girl

Eddie Borden

as Taxi Driver

Fred Coby

as Cadet

Eddie Coke

as Corporal

Peter Cookson

as Sgt. Hanson

Oliver Cross

as American Major

Mark Daniels

as Lieutenant

Edwards Davis

as Bartender

Vernon Downing

as English Liaison Officer

Johnny Dunn

as Cadet

Blake Edwards

as Flyer

Mary Elliott

as Dance Hall Girl

Frank Faylen

as Major

Craig Flannagan

as American Lieutenant

John Frederick

as Lt. Ridley

Mary Ganley

as Woman in Chinese Restaurant

Leatrice Joy Gilbert

as Woman in Chinese Restaurant

Gibson Gowland

as Bartender

Richard Graham

as Crew Member

Herbert Gunn

as Cadet

Aileen Haley

as Hostess

Edward Hardwicke

as George - English Boy

Carey Harrison

as American Major in Red Lion Inn

Louise Hart

as Cadet

Gertrude Hoffmann

as Old Woman

Earl Kent

as American Lieutenant

Charles King

as Lt. Collins

George Kirby

as Fisherman (uncredited)

Harold Landon

as Cadet

Nelson Leigh

as Man

Robert Lowell

as Flier

Peggy Maley

as Woman

William Manning

as Co-Pilot

James Martin

as Cadet

Mary McLeod

as Hostess

James Millican

as Orderly

Neyle Morrow

as Flier

Maurice Murphy

as Capt. Robertson

Melvin Nix

as American Lieutenant

Stanley Orr

as English Captain

Michael Owen

as American Lieutenant

Jean Prescott

as Mother

Marshall Reed

as Flyer

Walter Sande

as Sande - Mess Sergeant

Jack Saunders

as American Captain

Earl Schenck

as Col. Hendricks

Ken Scott

as Cadet

Bernard Sell

as Co-Pilot

Violet Seton

as Bartender's Wife

Christopher Severn

as Peter - English Boy

Ernest Severn

as Davey - English Boy

Raymond Severn

as Cyril - English Boy

Yvonne Severn

as Elizabeth - English Girl

Jessie Tai Sing

as Headwaitress

Bill Sloan

as Man

Arthur Space

as San Francisco Airport Captain

Wyndham Standing

as English Colonel

Arthur Stenning

as Fisherman

Clarence Straight

as Flight Sergeant

Robert Sully

as Cadet

Carlie Taylor

as English Captain

Joan Thorsen

as Woman in Chinese Restaurant

Elizabeth Valentine

as Washerwoman's Child

Philip Van Zandt

as Major

Leslie Vincent

as Sentry

James Warren

as Irish Guard

Jacqueline White

as Helen

John Whitney

as Officer in Heaven

Kay Williams

as Girl at Bar

Matt Willis

as Lt. Hunter

Allen Wood

as Tough Corporal

Richard Woodruff

as Cadet