A Guy Named Joe (1943) - film review

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A Guy Named Joe is an American romantic film drama first released in 1943, directed by Victor Fleming. The film stars Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Ward Bond and James Gleason. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Victor Fleming
Script: Chandler Sprague, David Boehm, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Dalton Trumbo
Photo: George J. Folsey, Karl Freund
Music: Herbert Stothart
Cast: Spencer Tracy (Pete Sandidge), Irene Dunne (Dorinda Durston), Van Johnson (Ted Randall), Ward Bond (Al Yackey), James Gleason (’Nails’ Kilpatrick), Lionel Barrymore (The General), Barry Nelson (Dick Rumney), Esther Williams (Ellen Bright), Henry O’Neill (Colonel Sykes), Don DeFore (James J. Rourke), Charles Smith (Sanderson), Addison Richards (Major Corbett), Kirk Alyn (Officer in Heaven), Bill Arthur (Cadet), Martin Ashe (Sergeant in Chinese Restaurant), George Atkinson (Waiter), Irving Bacon (Corporal Henderson), Dora Baker (Charwoman), Steve Barclay (Flier), Ted Billings (Man (unconfirmed)), Charles Bimbo (Man (unconfirmed)), William Bishop (Ray – Transport Pilot), John Bogden (Cadet), Rebecca Bohannen (English Girl), Eddie Borden (Taxi Driver), Fred Coby (Cadet), Eddie Coke (Corporal), Peter Cookson (Sergeant Hanson), Oliver Cross (American Major), Mark Daniels (Lieutenant), Edward Davies (Bartender), Vernon Downing (English Liaison Officer), Johnny Dunn (Cadet), Blake Edwards (Flyer), Mary Elliott (Dance Hall Girl), Frank Faylen (Major), Craig Flannagan (American Lieutenant), John Frederick (Lieutenant Ridley), Mary Ganley (Woman in Chinese Restaurant), Leatrice Joy Gilbert (Woman in Chinese Restaurant), Gibson Gowland (Bartender), Richard Graham (Crew Member), Herbert Gunn (Cadet), Aileen Haley (Hostess), Edward Hardwicke (George – English Boy), Carey Harrison (American Major in Red Lion Inn), Louis Hart (Cadet), Gertrude Hoffman (Old Woman), Earl Kent (American Lieutenant), Charles King (Lieutenant Collins), George Kirby (Fisherman), Harold Landon (Cadet), Nelson Leigh (Man (unconfirmed)), Robert Lowell (Flier), Peggy Maley (Woman (unconfirmed)), William Manning (Co-pilot), James Martin (Cadet), Mary McLeod (Hostess), James Millican (Orderly), Neyle Morrow (Flier), Maurice Murphy (Captain Robertson), Melvin Nix (American Lieutenant), Simon Olivier (Boy), Stanley Orr (English Captain), Michael Owen (American Lieutenant), Jean Prescott (Mother), Stafford Quartet (Background Singers: "I’ll See You in My Dreams"), Marshall Reed (Flyer), Walter Sande (Sande – Mess sergeant), Jack Saunders (American Captain), Earl Schenck (Colonel Hendricks), Ken Scott (Cadet), Violet Seaton (Bartender’s Wife), Bernard Sell (Co-pilot), Christopher Severn (Peter – English Boy), Ernest Severn (Davey – English Boy), Raymond Severn (Cyril – English Boy), Yvonne Severn (Elizabeth – English Girl), Jessie Tai Sing (Headwaitress), Bill Sloan (Man (unconfirmed)), Arthur Space (San Francisco Airport Captain), Wyndham Standing (English Colonel), Arthur Stenning (Fisherman), Clarence Straight (Flight Sergeant), Robert Sully (Cadet), Carlie Taylor (English Captain), Joan Thorsen (Woman in Chinese Restaurant), Elizabeth Valentine (Washerwoman’s Child), Philip Van Zandt (Major), Leslie Vincent (Sentry), James Warren (Irish Guard), Jacqueline White (Helen), Eve Whitney (Girlfriend of Rourke), John Whitney (Officer in Heaven), Kay Williams (Girl at Bar), Matt Willis (Lieutenant Hunter), Alan Wilson (Sergeant in Jeep), Allen Wood (Tough Corporal), Richard Woodruff (Cadet)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 120 min; B&W

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