Directed by:
Richard ThorpeScreenplay:
George WellsCinematography:
Robert J. BronnerComposer:
George StollCast:
Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Jim Backus, Charles McGraw, Miyoshi Umeki, Teru Shimada, Jack Carter, Frank Wilcox, Irene Tsu, Edward Faulkner, Marty Ingels (more)VOD (1)
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Again and again, a Japanese raider strikes on an American-held Pacific island. He steals fruitcake from the military larder. Smoked oysters. Even gefilte fish. This means war! Lt. Merle Wye, who majored in French but was assigned to the intelligence group's Japanese interpretation unit, is given the daunting task of finding and stopping the marauding rascal. Meanwhile, Wye hopes he can make his efforts look heroic enough to impress a willowy army nurse. Jim Hutton and Paula Prentiss put the antic in romantic in this giddy service comedy that was their fourth film together. In the cast: Charles McGraw, Jim Backus, Miyoshi Umeki and Hermione, the typing chicken whose intelligence is second to none. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jim Hutton
USA
Best movies:
The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
Walk Don't Run (1966)
Paula Prentiss
USA
Best movies:
The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
Catch-22 (1970)
In Harm's Way (1965)
Jim Backus
USA
Best movies:
Crazy Mama (1975)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Charles McGraw
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Miyoshi Umeki
Japan
Best movies:
Sayonara (1957)
Teru Shimada
Japan
Best movies:
King Rat (1965)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
Jack Carter
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Viva Las Vegas (1964)
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Frank Wilcox
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Irene Tsu
China
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)
Noble House (1988) (series)
Edward Faulkner
USA
Best movies:
Tickle Me (1965)
Les Prairies de l'honneur (1965)
Lost Flight (1970) (TV movie)
Marty Ingels
USA
Best movies:
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
The Ladies Man (1961)
Argentina Brunetti
Argentina
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Gilda (1946)
Tycoon (1947)
Harlan Warde
USA
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Caged (1950)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
John Hart
USA
Best movies:
The Gift of Love (1978) (TV movie)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
Frank Maxwell
USA
Best movies:
Pressure Point (1962)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
The Haunted Palace (1963)
Lloyd Kino
USA
Best movies:
Midway (1976)
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
Yuki Shimoda
USA
Best movies:
Midway (1976)
Once a Thief (1965)
Auntie Mame (1958)
Allen Jung
USA
Best movies:
The Party (1968)
The Green Hornet (1974) - a.f.
Guadalcanal (1943)
Yoshio Yoda
Japan
Richard Allan
USA
Best movies:
Three Little Words (1950)
The Racers (1955)
Niagara (1953)