Movie: Doughboys in Ireland

Top 7 Billed Cast

Kenny Baker
Kenny Baker

Danny O'Keefe

Jeff Donnell
Jeff Donnell

Molly Callahan

Lynn Merrick
Lynn Merrick

Gloria Gold

Guy Bonham
Guy Bonham

Chuck Mayers (as The Jesters)

Red Latham
Red Latham

Corny Smith (as The Jesters)

Walter Carlson
Walter Carlson

Tiny Johnson (as The Jesters)

Robert Mitchum
Robert Mitchum

Ernie Jones (as Bob Mitchum)

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    According to Doughboys in Ireland, there were those who sang their way through WW2. Radio tenor Kenny Baker plays Manhattan orchestra leading Danny O'Keefe, who is drafted into the army along with a Ritz Brothers-like quartet called The Jesters. Stationed in Ireland, Danny believes that his New York sweetheart Gloria (Lynn Merrick) has forgotten about him, thus he inaugurates a romance with Irish colleen Molly Callahan (Jeff Donnell).

  • Release Date

    1943-10-07

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    10

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    English
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