Directed by:
Alfred E. GreenScreenplay:
Waldo SaltCinematography:
Joseph WalkerCast:
Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Warrick, Ted Donaldson, Bob Haymes, Richard Lane, Robert Armstrong, Richard Gaines, Hugh Beaumont, Nelson Leigh, Robert Mitchum (more)Plots(1)
Quitting his bank job of fifteen years to open a fix-it shop, Wilbert Winkle (Edward G. Robinson, The Whole Town's Talking, Destroyer) begins questioning his choice after his wife, Amy (Ruth Warrick, Citizen Kane), starts nagging him. Though surprised to receive a draft notice, the middle-aged Wilbert responds. And after ending up in the South Pacific where his wits and courage make him a most unlikely hero, the unassuming Winkle heads back home content to resume life where he left off. This charming war-time comedy was helmed by veteran Columbia director Alfred E. Green. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Edward G. Robinson
Romania
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Ruth Warrick
USA
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Arch of Triumph (1948)
Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
Ted Donaldson
USA
Best movies:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
Bob Haymes
USA
Richard Lane
USA
Best movies:
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Union Pacific (1939)
Robert Armstrong
USA
Best movies:
King Kong (1933)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Richard Gaines
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Hugh Beaumont
USA
Best movies:
Objective, Burma! (1945)
The Seventh Cross (1944)
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
Nelson Leigh
USA
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Robert Mitchum
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Dead Man (1995)
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Fred Kohler Jr.
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Jeff Donnell
USA
Best movies:
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Steve Barclay
USA
Best movies:
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
The Sullivans (1944)
A Guy Named Joe (1943)
Tommy Cook
USA
Best movies:
Stalag 17 (1953)
Humoresque (1946)
The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)
James Flavin
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Dennis Moore
USA
Best movies:
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
Walter Baldwin
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Storm Warning (1951)
Forbes Murray
Canada
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Robert B. Williams
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
North by Northwest (1959)
The Killing (1956)