When Johnny Comes Marching Home
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“FORWARD MARCH! for romance...rhythm...and fun!”
By popular consensus, Allan Jones' best Universal mini-musical of the 1940s was the timely When Johnny Comes Marching Home. Jones is cast as war hero Johnny Kovacs, who wearies of the adulation heaped upon him and takes refuge under an assumed name in a theatrical boarding house. Here he befriends orchestra leader Phil Spitalny and his all-girl aggregation, including the inimitable Evelyn and Her Magic Violin. When Army officials trace Johnny to the boarding house, his new friends assume that he's a deserter and try to convince him to return to duty.
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Allan Jones
Johnny Kovacs
Known for
A Night at the Opera
A Day at the Races
Jane Frazee
Joyce
Known for
Hellzapoppin'
Buck Privates
Gloria Jean
Marilyn
Known for
The Ladies Man
Donald O'Connor
Frankie
Known for
Singin' in the Rain
Toys
Peggy Ryan
Dusty
Known for
Hawaii Five-O
Richard Davies
Tommy Bridges
Also in
Crossings
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
Clyde Fillmore
Hamilton Wellman
Known for
The More the Merrier
The Shanghai Gesture
Marla Shelton
Diana Wellman
Also in
Stand-In
Escape to Paradise
Olin Howland
Trullers
Known for
The Blob
Them!
Emma Dunn
Ma Flanagan
Known for
The Great Dictator
Son of Frankenstein
Maceo Anderson
Four Step Brothers Member
Also in
Here Come the Girls
Freddie James
Four Step Brothers Member
Charles Lamont Director · Dorothy Bennett Writer Oscar Brodney Writer
United States release December 24, 1942 · Produced in United States
Production
Universal Pictures
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 24, 1942
Theatrical
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