There's Something About a Soldier is a 1943 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Tom Neal, Evelyn Keyes and Bruce Bennett.[1] It takes its title from a popular song of the same name.
There's Something About a Soldier | |
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Directed by | Alfred E. Green |
Written by | Horace McCoy Barry Trivers |
Produced by | Samuel Bischoff |
Starring | Tom Neal Evelyn Keyes Bruce Bennett |
Cinematography | George Meehan Philip Tannura |
Edited by | Richard Fantl |
Music by | John Leipold |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Lionel Banks.
Plot
editDuring World War II, a group of fresh candidates arrive at an officer training school in Wilimington in North Carolina. Despite their rivalries they learn to work together during the seventeen week course.
Main cast
edit- Tom Neal as Wally Williams
- Evelyn Keyes as Carol Harkness
- Bruce Bennett as Frank Molloy
- John Hubbard as Michael Crocker
- Jeff Donnell as Jean Burton
- Frank Sully as Alex Grybinski
- Lewis Wilson as Thomas Bolivar Jefferson
- Robert Stanford as George Edwards
- Jonathan Hale as General Sommerton
- Hugh Beaumont as Lieutenant Martin
- Shelley Winters as Norma
- Louise Beavers as Birdie
- Jeanne Bates as Phyllis
References
edit- ^ Wilt p.34
Bibliography
edit- Wilt, David E. Hardboiled in Hollywood. Popular Press, 1991.
External links
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