When Willie Comes Marching Home

When Willie Comes Marching Home

82 mins | Comedy | Feb. 1, 1950

When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home town, and he is recruited into training, keeping him from the action. However, when he finds himself accidently behind enemy lines he unexpectedly becomes a hero after all.

When Willie Comes Marching Home

82 mins | Comedy | Feb. 1, 1950

When Willie Comes Marching Home
When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home town, and he is recruited into training, keeping him from the action. However, when he finds himself accidently behind enemy lines he unexpectedly becomes a hero after all.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title When Willie Comes Marching Home
Directors John Ford
Writers Mary Loos, Sy Gomberg, Richard Sale

Cast

Dan Dailey

as William 'Bill' Kluggs

Corinne Calvet

as Yvonne Le Tete

Colleen Townsend

as Marjorie 'Marge' Fettles

William Demarest

as Herman Kluggs

Jimmy Lydon

as Charles 'Charlie' Fettles

Lloyd Corrigan

as Major Adams

Evelyn Varden

as Gertrude Kluggs

Whit Bissell

as Lt. M.J. Hanley - Psychiatrist (uncredited)

Vera Miles

as Laughing Sergeant's Date (uncredited)