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Yanks Ahoy

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Yanks Ahoy

Jun 29, 1943

1h 0m

★ 6.6

Funnist Army comedy yet!

Overview

Sergeants flirt with a nurse aboard ship and go fishing for a Japanese Sub.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Hal Roach Studios

Cast

William Tracy

Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday

William Tracy

Joe Sawyer

Sgt. Ames

Joe Sawyer

Marjorie Woodworth

Phyllis Arden

Marjorie Woodworth

Minor Watson

Capt. Scott

Minor Watson

Frank Faylen

Quartermaster Jenkins

Frank Faylen

Walter Woolf King

Capt. Gillis

Walter Woolf King

Romaine Callender

Col. Elliott

Romaine Callender

Robert Kent

Lt. Reeves

Robert Kent

William Bakewell

Ens. Crosby (uncredited)

William Bakewell

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Miss Potter (uncredited)

Marga Ann Deighton

James Finlayson

Cook Flynn (uncredited)

James Finlayson

Alan Hale Jr.

Colonel's Orderly (uncredited)

Alan Hale Jr.

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