Jack Lemmon
Pvt. Hogan
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A 1957 American military comedy film starring Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs as soldiers who organize a secret ball in a French hospital. The film features a title song by Sammy Davis Junior and a young Mary Tyler Moore in a minor role.
A classic comedy about a hospital detachment in post-WWII France, where a private and a captain scheme to throw a madcap dance and woo nurses. Starring Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Kathryn Grant and Mickey Rooney, directed by Richard Quine.
- (1.3K)
- Comedy, War
- Richard Quine
- 1957-08-17
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A soldier plans to throw a party in a military hospital during World War II, despite his strict captain's orders. Starring Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Mickey Rooney and Kathryn Grant.
Always one to skirt the rules, Hogan, with the help of his friend Cpl. Bohun (Dick York), cooks up a scheme to throw a clandestine ball for all the soldiers and nurses.
- (79)
- Richard Quine
- Comedy
- Jack Lemmon
In post-WWII France, U.S. Army hospital Private Hogan and Captain Lock try to outwit each other on issues such as wooing pretty nurses, accounting for missing medical supplies, organizing unauthorized dances, and influencing their C.O.
Lemmon plays a bored Army private who tries to throw a party in this wacky military spoof. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, and learn more about this classic comedy on TMDB.
