Up Front

Mar 5, 1951

1h 32m

★ 0.0

Willie and Joe are on the screen!

Overview

Military comedy set during WWII, inspired by Bill Mauldin's popular newspaper cartoons of soldiers "Willie" and "Joe".

Genres

War

Comedy

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

Up Front Trailers

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Cast

Joe

David Wayne

Willie

Tom Ewell

Emi Rosso

Marina Berti

Capt. Ralph Johnson

Jeffrey Lynn

Capa

Richard Egan

Vuaglio

Maurice Cavell

Maj. Lester

Vaughn Taylor

Poppa Rosso

Silvio Minciotti

Col. Akeley

Paul Harvey

Sabatelli

Roger De Koven

Signora Carvadossi

Grazia Narciso

Tarantino

Tito Vuolo

Six Dutch Commandos, commanded by John de Koning and stationed in Mali, are sent to Nigeria under American orders to free the son of a wealthy Nigerian oil family from Boko Haram rebels. When the team finds out that the man is not a hostage but actually working with the terrorists - and unexpectedly find themselves responsible for a group of teenage schoolgirls - the mission gets completely out of hand. Will John be able to keep his team together and to accomplish their mission?

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6.9

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4.5

Young and Beautiful

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Bob Preston, publicity man for Superba Pictures, uses his publicity skills in an attempt to make this fiancée June Dale the most famous movie star in the world. But in doing so, he forgets that women want to be attended to for themselves, not as objects of fame.

4.2

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3.5

Follow the Leader

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8.0

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3.0

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7.3

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5.8

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6.1

It Happened in Hollywood

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A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.

4.5

Let's Face It

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A soldier stationed on an army base and his fiancé, who runs a women's "fat farm" nearby, want to get married but don't have enough money. Three customers of the "fat farm" scheme to get back at their philandering husbands by hiring the soldier and two of his buddies as "escorts" for the weekend. Complications ensue when the husbands show up unexpectedly.

6.0

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5.4

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5.3

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Four pilots become stranded on a tropical island inhabited by beautiful women.

6.1

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7.0

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0.0

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7.9

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8.3

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