At War with the Army 1950  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Hal Walker
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mike Kellin, Jimmie Dundee, Dick Stabile, Tommy Farrell, Polly Bergen, Angela Greene, Douglas Evans, Frank Hyers, Danny Dayton, William Mendrek, Kenneth Forbes, Paul Livermore, Jean Ruth
This is Dean Martin's and Jerry Lewis' first film in which they are the headliners. They play two Army friends, 1st Sgt. Vic Puccinelli and Pfc. Alvin Korwin, who have grown up together and performed as a song-and-dance team before enlisting in the Army. Their lives are heading in different directions, both professionally and personally. Vic has done well in the Army, but Alvin continues to bumble his way through assignments. Alvin is married, but Vic is involved in womanizing adventures with beautiful Helen (Polly Bergen) while his pregnant ex-girlfriend Millie (Jean Ruth) continues to pursue him. Nevertheless, Vic and Alvin do stick together through a number of escapades.
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Hail the Conquering Hero 1944  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Al Bridge, Bill Edwards, Jimmie Dundee, Georgia Caine, Elizabeth Patterson, Freddie Steele, Harry Hayden, Jimmy Conlin, Chester Conklin, Esther Howard
This "hero" Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) is really a U.S. Marine Corps reject (he has hay fever!) who returns home to a town whose citizens think he is one of their returning soldiers and deserving of honor. Now, he finds himself running for mayor of the town and tries to explain that he did not serve in the Marine Corps, but he cannot convince his fellow citizens that his reputation is undeserved. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
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