What Next, Corporal Hargrove? is a 1945 black-and-white comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Walker and Keenan Wynn. It was distributed by MGM and produced by George Haight. Harry Kurnitz received an Oscar nomination for his original screenplay, What Next, Corporal Hargrove?, for this follow-up to the 1944 hit See Here, Private Hargrove.[2]
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| Directed by | Richard Thorpe |
| Screenplay by | Harry Kurnitz |
| Based on | See Here, Private Hargrove 1942 novel by Marion Hargrove |
| Produced by | George Haight |
| Starring | Robert Walker Keenan Wynn Jean Porter |
| Cinematography | Henry Sharp |
| Edited by | Albert Akst |
| Music by | David Snell |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,250,000 (US rentals)[1] |
Plot
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U.S. artillery corporal Marion Hargrove finds himself at large in wartime France with wheeler-dealer pal Pvt. Thomas Mulvehill. Inadvertently detached from their outfit, Hargrove and Mulvehill wander into a French village, where they're lauded as conquering heroes by the populace.[3]
Cast
edit- Robert Walker as Cpl. Marion Hargrove
- Keenan Wynn as Pvt. Thomas Mulvehill
- Jean Porter as Jeanne Quidoc
- Chill Wills as Sgt. Cramp
- Hugo Haas as Mayor Quidoc
- William 'Bill' Phillips as Bill Burk
- Fred Essler as Marcel Vivin
- Cameron Mitchell as Joe Lupot
- Ted Lundigan as Curtis
- Dick Hirbe as Neilson
- Arthur Walsh as Ellerton
- Maurice Marks as Gilly
- Paul Langton as Capt. Drake
- James Davis as Sgt. Hill
- Jack Carlyle as Lt. Morley
References
edit- ^ "Variety (January 1947)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 1, 1947. Retrieved September 1, 2019 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (1945) - Articles - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
- ^ "What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (1945) - Richard Thorpe - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
External links
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Media related to What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (1945 film) at Wikimedia Commons
- What Next, Corporal Hargrove? at IMDb
- What Next, Corporal Hargrove? at the TCM Movie Database
- What Next, Corporal Hargrove? at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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