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Joe Butterfly(1957)
Status: Released
Date: 1957-05-29
65%
3 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
The Uproarious Saga of Those Hilarious Heroes Who Took Tokyo in a Storm of Laughter with their Riotous Operation Kimono!
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?
Languages: English.
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Top 10 Billed Cast
Burgess Meredith
Joe Butterfly
Audie Murphy
Pvt. Joe Woodley
George Nader
Sgt. Ed Kennedy
Keenan Wynn
Harold Hathaway
Keiko Shima
Chieko
Fred Clark
Col. E.E. Fuller
John Agar
Sgt. Dick Mason
Charles McGraw
Sgt. Jim McNulty
Reiko Higa
False Tokyo Rose
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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?
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1957-05-29
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The Uproarious Saga of Those Hilarious Heroes Who Took Tokyo in a Storm of Laughter with their Riotous Operation Kimono!
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