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When Willie Comes Marching Home: Directed by John Ford. With Dan Dailey, Corinne Calvet, Colleen Townsend, William Demarest. Willie Kluggs enters the service with hopes of going overseas, but his uncanny marksmanship keeps him at home as a shooting instructor... much to his embarrassment.
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- Comedy, War
- John Ford
- 1950-02
John Ford's When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950).Willie Kluggs enters the service with hopes of going overseas, but his uncanny marksmanship keeps him at...
Released February 17th, 1950, 'When Willie Comes Marching Home' stars Dan Dailey, Corinne Calvet, Colleen Townsend, William Demarest The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 22 min, and received a ...
Box office. $1,750,000 [1] [2] Title Card. When Willie Comes Marching Home is a 1950 World War II comedy film directed by John Ford and starring Dan Dailey and Corinne Calvet. It is based on the 1945 short story "When Leo Comes Marching Home" by Sy Gomberg. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.
A rare comedy from director John Ford, When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) is about a WWII soldier trying to command a little respect. Bill Kluggs (Dan Dailey) is the first man in his small West Virginia town to enlist, and his father Herman (William Demarest) and the locals give him a big sendoff.
