Movie: Joe Butterfly

Top 10 Billed Cast

Burgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith

Joe Butterfly

Audie Murphy
Audie Murphy

Pvt. Joe Woodley

George Nader
George Nader

Sgt. Ed Kennedy

Keenan Wynn
Keenan Wynn

Harold Hathaway

Keiko Shima
Keiko Shima

Chieko

Fred Clark
Fred Clark

Col. E.E. Fuller

John Agar
John Agar

Sgt. Dick Mason

Charles McGraw
Charles McGraw

Sgt. Jim McNulty

Shinpei Shimazaki
Shinpei Shimazaki

Boku

Reiko Higa
Reiko Higa

False Tokyo Rose

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  • Overview

    The staff of "Yank" magazine are among the first American troops into Tokyo after the Japanese surrender. Their mission: produce an issue of the magazine...in three days. To accomplish the seeming impossible, they reluctantly enlist the aid of black marketeer and arch-conniver Joe Butterfly, who sets them up in a palatial private mansion, complete with lovely daughter -- strictly against regulations. How much trouble can our heroes talk their way out of?

  • Release Date

    1957-05-29

  • Average

    5.8

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
  • Tagline

    The Uproarious Saga of Those Hilarious Heroes Who Took Tokyo in a Storm of Laughter with their Riotous Operation Kimono!

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  • Languages:

    English
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