Up_Front_(film)

<i>Up Front</i> (film)

Up Front (film)

1951 film by Alexander Hall

Up Front is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Tom Ewell and David Wayne very loosely based on Bill Mauldin's World War II characters Willie and Joe. Mauldin repudiated it and refused his advising fee; he claimed never to have seen it.[2] It takes place during the Italian Campaign of World War II.

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Plot

Based on the famed W.W.II cartoons: Lowbrow G.I.s Willie and Joe, on the Italian front, are good soldiers in combat, but meet the antics of gung-ho Captain Johnson and other military snafus with a barrage of wry comments. On a 3-day pass in Naples, Joe's penchant for wine and women involves the pair with luscious Emi Rosso and her moonshiner father, whose tangled affairs land them in ever deeper trouble.

Cast

References

  1. [1]
    'The Top Box Office Hits of 1951', Variety, January 2, 1952
  2. [2]
    DePastino, Todd (2008). Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-393-33488-3.


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