When Johnny Comes Marching Home
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.
Release date
24/12/1942
Votes
2
Popularity
0.9
Allan Jones
Johnny Kovacs
Jane Frazee
Joyce
Gloria Jean
Marilyn
Donald O'Connor
Frankie
Peggy Ryan
Dusty
Richard Davies
Tommy Bridges
Clyde Fillmore
Hamilton Wellman
Marla Shelton
Diana Wellman
Olin Howland
Trullers
Emma Dunn
Ma Flanagan
Maceo Anderson
Four Step Brothers Member
Freddie James
Four Step Brothers Member
Sylvester Johnson
Four Step Brothers Member
Al Williams
Four Step Brothers Member
Phil Spitalny
Orchestra Leader
Evelyn Kaye Klein
Violinist
Paul Everton
Speaker (uncredited)
Grace Hayes
Orchestra Violinist (uncredited)
Original Soundtrack
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