This Is the Army

Directed by Michael Curtiz
1943    2h 1m    Approved
Comedy, Musical, Romance,
5.848%
In WWI dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the war, he becomes a producer. In WWII his son Johnny Jones, who was before his father's assistant, gets the order to stage a new all-soldier show, called This is the Army. But in his personal life he has problems, because he refuses to marry his fiancée until the war is over.
Cast of This Is the Army
  • George MurphyJerry Jones
  • Joan LeslieEileen Dibble
  • George TobiasMaxie Twardofsky
  • Alan HaleSergeant McGee
  • Charles ButterworthEddie Dibble
  • Dolores CostelloMrs. Davidson
  • Una MerkelRose Dibble
  • Stanley RidgesJohn Davidson
  • Rosemary DeCampEthel Jones
  • Ruth DonnellyMrs. O'Brien
  • Dorothy PetersonMrs. Nelson
  • Frances LangfordHerself
  • Gertrude NiesenWorld War One Vocalist
  • Kate SmithHerself
  • Ronald ReaganJohnny Jones
  • Joe LouisJoe Louis
  • Irving BerlinIrving Berlin (uncredited)
  • Dan DaileySoldier (uncredited)
  • Richard FarnsworthSoldier (uncredited)
  • Gary MerrillBackstage MP on Right (uncredited)
  • Gene NelsonSoldier (uncredited)
  • Hayden RorkeSoldier / Stage Manager (uncredited)
  • James CrossStump
  • Alan DexterSoldier (uncredited)
  • Tom D'AndreaTom D'Andrea
  • Herbert AndersonDanny Davidson
  • John DaheimSoldier (uncredited)
  • Richard IrvingMandy In Yellow Dress (uncredited)
  • Henry JonesMr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)
  • Ethelreda LeopoldWoman in D.C. Audience (uncredited)
  • Richard ReevesMoore's Son's Dance Partner - 'Ladies of Chorus' (uncredited)
  • Ernest TruexSoldier's Father (uncredited)
  • Julie Oshins
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