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This Is the Army (1943)

Directed by Michael Curtiz · 121 min · Comedy, Music, War

11.2 TOPICAL score · #5,464 of 6,776 films

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In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny Jones, who was before his fathers assistant, gets the order to stage a knew all-soldier show, called THIS IS THE ARMY. But in his pesonal life he has problems, because he refuses to marry his fiancée until the war is over.

This Is the Army (1943, directed by Michael Curtiz) has a TOPICAL score of 11.2 - ranked 5,464 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and audience, and lowest on cast. It won 1 award from 3 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score. Audiences: TMDB 5.7/10 (25 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 16 languages.

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Critics-
Audience22
Awards74
Historical impact17
Lasting engagement16
Cast1
Legacy & cult status-

Starring: George Murphy (actor #1,683), Joan Leslie (actor #1,340), George Tobias (actor #1,725), Alan Hale (actor #1,703)

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