Up in Arms (1944) - film review

Comedy / Musical

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Up in Arms is an American film comedy first released in 1944, directed by Elliott Nugent. The film stars Danny Kaye, Dinah Shore, Dana Andrews, Constance Dowling and Louis Calhern. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Elliott Nugent
Script: Owen Davis, Don Hartman, Allen Boretz, Robert Pirosh
Photo: Ray Rennahan
Cast: Danny Kaye (Danny Weems), Dinah Shore (Nurse Lt. Virginia Merrill), Dana Andrews (Joe Nelson), Constance Dowling (Nurse Lt. Mary Morgan), Louis Calhern (Col. Phil Ashley), George Mathews (Private Blackie Snodgrass), Benny Baker (Butterball), Elisha Cook Jr. (Info Jones), Lyle Talbot (Sgt. Gelsey), Walter Catlett (Maj. Brock, Psychiatrist), George Meeker (Meeker, Ashley’s aide), Tom Keene (Captain, Ashley’s aide), Margaret Dumont (Mrs. Willoughby), Donald Dickson (Singer at dock), Charles Arnt (Mr. Higginbotham), Charles Halton (Dr. Roger B. Freyheisen), Tom Dugan (Pitchman), Sig Arno (Ernest, Waiter), Harry Hayden (Dr. Weavermacher), Charles D. Brown (Dr. Campbell), Maurice Cass (Dr. Jones), Fred Essler (Head waiter), Rudolf Friml Jr. (Bandleader), Knox Manning (Narrator), Maryon Adair (Girl in trailer), Fred Aldrich (Man in Midget Car), Betty Alexander (Goldwyn Girl), Gale Amber (Goldwyn Girl), Gloria Anderson (Goldwyn Girl), Maxine Armour (Dancer), Bonnie Barlowe (Dancer), Al Benault (Cop), Oliver Blake (Draft Board Member), Jan Bryant (Goldwyn Girl), Alma Carroll (Goldwyn Girl), Joan Chaffee (Goldwyn Girl), Peter Chong (Japanese lieutenant), Linda Christian (Goldwyn Girl), Tom Coleman (Boat captain), James Conaty (Nightclub Patron), Thomas Cowan (Theatre doorman), Virginia Cruzon (Goldwyn Girl), Peter Cusanelli (Fish vendor), Helen Darling (Goldwyn Girl), William B. Davidson (Maxwell), Myrna Dell (Goldwyn Girl), Edward Earle (Sherwood, Draft Board Member), Maude Eburne (Dowager in Cable Car), Lynn Eubanks (MP at dock), Herbert Evans (Englishman on theater stairway), Virginia Farmer (Spinster in Theatre), Benson Fong (Japanese sentry), Dorothy Gardner (Goldwyn Girl), Jack Gardner (Ship’s engineer), Inna Gest (Goldwyn Girl), Stanley Gilbert (Man in lobby), Jon Gilbreath (Lieutenant at dock), Renee Godfrey (Goldwyn Girl), Ellen Hall (Goldwyn Girl), John Hamilton (Businessman in theater lobby), June Harris (Goldwyn Girl), James Harrison (Sentry), Sam Harris (Nightclub Patron), Eloise Hart (Goldwyn Girl), Alex Havier (Japanese sentry), Ruth Herscher (Homely nurse), Bill Hunter (Corporal of the Guards), Mary Ann Hyde (Goldwyn Girl), Eddie Kane (Theatre manager), John Kelly (MP on cable car), Colin Kenny (Theatre Patron), Karen Knight (Dancer), Audrey Korn (Dancer), Veronica Lake (Herself, in pin-up photo), June Lang (Goldwyn Girl), George T. Lee (Japanese sentry), Rosalyn Lee (Goldwyn Girl), Florence Lundeen (Goldwyn Girl), George Magrill (Sailor), Mickey Malloy (Goldwyn Girl), Virginia Mayo (Nurse Joanna), Helen McAllister (Dancer), Matt McHugh (Doorman at Medical Clinic), George McKay (Old Stevedore), Dorothy Merritt (Goldwyn Girl), Lorraine Miller (Goldwyn Girl), Mary Moore (Goldwyn Girl), Kay Morley (Goldwyn Girl), Jack Mower (Captain at dock), Diana Mumby (Goldwyn Girl), David Newell (Captain at dock), Lee Nugent (Goldwyn Girl), Frank O’Connor (Elevator starter), Anne O’Neal (Spinster in Theatre), Dorothy Patrick (Goldwyn Girl), Shelby Payne (Goldwyn Girl), Lillian Randolph (Black woman in Cable Car), Marjorie Raymond (Dancer), Terrance Ray (Sentry in hold), Joette Robinson (Dancer), Frosty Royce (Bakery man), Hans Schumm (Nazi Spy in Theatre Lobby Number), Eleanor Shaw (Dancer), Larry Steers (Draft Board Member), Leonard Strong (Japanese interrogator in cave), Helen Talbot (Goldwyn Girl), Dink Trout (Startled man in cable car), Diedra Vale (Heavy nurse), Ruth Valmy (Goldwyn Girl), Ricki Van Dusen (Goldwyn Girl), Charles Vincent (Sentry), Alice Wallace (Goldwyn Girl), Eddy Waller (Milkman), June Wayne (Dancer), Virginia Wicks (Goldwyn Girl), Barbara Williams (Dancer), Matt Willis (Sentry in hold), Isabel Withers (Businessman’s wife), Bruce Wong (Japanese sergeant), Audrey Young (Goldwyn Girl), Jack Young (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 106 min

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