The Bamboo Blonde
5.8
“SHE WAS THE SWEETHEART OF EVERY G.I.!”
A pilot of a B 29 meets Louise Anderson, a singer in a New York nightclub. He falls in love with her, but he had to leave next day for action in the Pacific. He lets paint her picture on his bomber, the "Bamboo Blonde" and becomes a hero with his crew sinking a Japanese battleship and shooting down a Japanese fighter wing. Back in New York, he leaves his fiancée and engages him to Louise.
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Cast
52 people
Frances Langford
Louise Anderson
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Ralph Edwards
Eddie Clark
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Russell Wade
Patrick Ransom, Jr.
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Iris Adrian
Montana Jones
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Richard Martin
Jim Wilson
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Jane Greer
Eileen Sawyer
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Glen Vernon
Shorty Parker (as Glenn Vernon)
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Paul Harvey
Patrick Ransom, Sr.
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Regina Wallace
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Jean Brooks
Marsha
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Tommy Noonan
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Dorothy Vaughan
Mom
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Anthony Mann Director · Lawrence Kimble Writer Olive Cooper Writer
United States release July 15, 1946 · Produced in United States · Production RKO
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
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United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 15, 1946
Theatrical
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