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Joe Butterfly
The Uproarious Saga of Those Hilarious Heroes Who Took Tokyo in a Storm of Laughter with their Riotous Operation Kimono!
Genres
Comedy
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?
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
90 min
Release Date
1957-05-29
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
5.8
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
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
Shinpei Shimazaki
Boku
Reiko Higa
False Tokyo Rose
Tatsuo Saitō
Sakayama
Chizu Shimazaki
Mother
Herbert Anderson
Maj. Ferguson
Eddie Firestone
Sgt. Oscar Hulick
Frank Chase
Yeo. Saul Bernheim
Harold Goodwin
Col. Hopper
Willard W. Willingham
Soldier
Al Ricketts
Reporter (uncredited)
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