When Willie Comes Marching Home

Name: When Willie Comes Marching Home
Director: John Ford
Genre: Comedy, War
Released: 1950-02-17
Duration: 1 h 22 min
Rating: 6.867
Cast: Dan Dailey, Corinne Calvet, Colleen Townsend, William Demarest, Jimmy Lydon

“His story is taken from Government films ... because they didn't want it !”

1950

1h 22m

Comedy War

Director: John Ford

Writers: Sy Gomberg, Richard Sale

Overview

When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home town, and he is recruited into training, keeping him from the action. However, when he finds himself accidently behind enemy lines he unexpectedly becomes a hero after all.