When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)

When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)

FORWARD MARCH! for romance...rhythm...and fun! 1942-12-24 United States of America 74 Min. PG-13
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Overview

By popular consensus, Allan Jones' best Universal mini-musical of the 1940s was the timely When Johnny Comes Marching Home. Jones is cast as war hero Johnny Kovacs, who wearies of the adulation heaped upon him and takes refuge under an assumed name in a theatrical boarding house. Here he befriends orchestra leader Phil Spitalny and his all-girl aggregation, including the inimitable Evelyn and Her Magic Violin. When Army officials trace Johnny to the boarding house, his new friends assume that he's a deserter and try to convince him to return to duty.

Cast

Allan Jones is Johnny Kovacs aka Johnny O'Rourke
Johnny Kovacs aka Johnny O'Rourke
Jane Frazee is Joyce Benton
Joyce Benton
Gloria Jean is Marilyn Benton
Marilyn Benton
Donald O'Connor is Frankie Flanagan
Frankie Flanagan
Peggy Ryan is Dusty
Paul Everton is Speaker (uncredited)
Speaker (uncredited)
Grace Hayes is Orchestra Violinist
Orchestra Violinist
Richard Davies is Lt. Tommy Bridges
Lt. Tommy Bridges