As You Were (film)

As You Were
Directed by	Bernard Girard Fred Guiol
Written by	Edward E. Seabrook
Produced by	Hal Roach Jr.
Starring	William Tracy Joe Sawyer Russell Hicks
Cinematography	Benjamin H. Kline
Music by	Leon Klatzkin
Production company	R & L Productions
Distributed by	Lippert Pictures
Release date	October 5, 1951 (1951-10-05)
Running time	57 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

As You Were is a 1951 American service comedy film directed by Bernard Girard and Fred Guiol and starring William Tracy, Joe Sawyer and Russell Hicks. Released by the low-budget Lippert Pictures, it is considered a B movie. It was one of eight films featuring Tracy as Sergeant Dorian "Dodo" Doubleday, and features footage from the production team's previous 1941 film Tanks a Million.

Plot

An infusion of WAC beauties adds to the fun when ex-G.I. "Dodo" Doubleday (William Tracy), now a hotel clerk, impresses Army brass with his memory and considers going back into the military. But recruiting station sergeant Bill Ames (Joe Sawyer), remembering how Tracy jinxed him back in WWII days, begs him not to re-enlist.

Cast

• William Tracy as Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday
• Joe Sawyer as Sgt. Ames
• Russell Hicks as Col. Lockwood
• John Ridgely as Captain
• Sondra Rodgers as WAC Captain
• Joan Vohs as Sgt. Peggy P. Hopper
• Edgar Dearing as Sgt. Monahan
• Chris Drake
• Ruth Lee
• Margie Liszt
• Roger McGee
• John Parrish
• Maris Wrixon
• Roland Morris as Soldier

Production

Robert L. Lippert intended to make a series of films with Hal Roach Jr.'s R and J Productions, including 12 films for television, and As You Were was their first collaboration. However, because of Lippert's difficulties with the Screen Actors Guild, only this film and Tales of Robin Hood were made.

The film was originally titled Present Arms.

Bibliography

• Clifford McCarty. Film Composers in America: A Filmography, 1911–1970. Oxford University Press, 2000.

External links

• As You Were at IMDb