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I Won't Play

I Won't Play

6,4 /10 (16 Votes)
1944 EN 18 min

Overview

In this Oscar-winning short film, a Marine, Joe Fingers, on a South Sea island during World War II, tells tales of the influence he's had on various personalities. In the words of one of his buddies, he's either the biggest liar in the world or the most important man in show business.

Release date

11/11/1944

Votes

16

Popularity

0.8

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

18 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-02-07

⭐ 7

Johnny Green's piano introduction sets the scene well for this light-hearted wartime story of "Fingers". Dane Clark plays this character who chats with his colleagues, filling their heads with stories of his celebrity friends and his piano playing with George Gershwin. The arrival of a piano that's "missing half of it's teeth" puts him on the spot and he, well suffice to say that his pals stop listening to his yarns and wait with anticipation for some real talent to come visit them on their remote South Sea island. The arrival of his purported super-star friend "Kim" (Janis Paige) really puts …

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