Back at the Front

Back at the Front
Back at the Front
	Film poster
Directed by	George Sherman
Written by	Lou Breslow ; Oscar Brodney ; Don McGuire
Based on	Willie and Joe by Bill Mauldin
Produced by	Leonard Goldstein
Starring	Tom Ewell; Harvey Lembeck ; Mari Blanchard
Cinematography	Clifford Stine
Edited by	Paul Weatherwax
Music by	Joseph Gershenson
Production; company	Universal-International
Distributed by	Universal-International
Release date	October 1952;
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.3 million (US rentals)

Back at the Front (titled Willie and Joe in Tokyo in the UK) is a 1952 American comedy film directed by George Sherman and starring Tom Ewell, Harvey Lembeck and Mari Blanchard, very loosely based on the characters Willie and Joe by Bill Mauldin. It is a sequel to Up Front (1951). Mauldin repudiated both films, and refused his advising fee.

Plot

Willie (Ewell) and Joe (Lembeck) are two U.S. Army veterans of World War II who got through the war by goldbricking. After returning to civilian life they are recalled to active duty and end up part of the post war occupation forces in Japan. Chaos ensues as they attempt one con job after another in order to avoid work details and get leave to spend time in Tokyo.

Cast

Tom Ewell as Willie
Harvey Lembeck as Joe
Mari Blanchard as Nina
Richard Long as T/Sgt. Rose
Gregg Palmer as Capt. White
Barry Kelley as Brig. Gen. Dixon
Russell Johnson as Johnny Redondo
Vaughn Taylor as Maj. Lester Ormsby
Aram Katcher as Ben
Aen-Ling Chow as Sameko
Benson Fong as Rickshaw boy
Lane Bradford as Military Policeman
Dee Carroll as Night Curse
David Janssen as Soldier

References

^ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953

External links

Back at the Front at IMDb

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[1] 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953

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