''Doughboys in Ireland'' is a 1943 American musical

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directed by Lew Landers and starring Kenny Baker, Jeff Donnell and

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.Krutnik p.232 The film offered an early role for future star

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, who appeared in many films that year. A group of American troops are stationed in

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, where they come into conflict with the locals.

Cast

* Kenny Baker as Danny O'Keefe * Jeff Donnell as Molly Callahan *

as Gloria Gold *

as Ernie Jones *

George Tyne Martin Yarus (February 6, 1917 – March 7, 2008), better known by the stage name George Tyne, was an American stage and film actor and television director. He was blacklisted in the 1950s, and was indicted for contempt of Congress but subsequen ...

as Jimmy Martin * Harry Shannon as Michael Callahan * Dorothy Vaughan as Mrs. Callahan * Larry Thompson as Captain *

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as Sergeant *

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as Larry Hunt *

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as Medical Captain * The Jesters as Singing Group

References

Bibliography

* Biskupski, M.B.B. ''Hollywood's War with Poland, 1939-1945''. University Press of Kentucky, 2011. * Krutnik, Frank. ''In a Lonely Street: Film Noir, Genre, Masculinity''. Routledge, 2006.

External links

* 1943 films American musical comedy films American black-and-white films 1940s musical comedy films Films directed by Lew Landers Columbia Pictures films Films scored by John Leipold Films set in Ireland World War II films made in wartime 1943 comedy films 1940s English-language films {{musical-comedy-film-stub