Loading
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Mr. Winkle goes to war... and your heart goes with him!
Genres
ComedyWar
Overview
Wilbert Winkle, a henpecked, mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk and handyman finds himself in the midst of battle in the South Pacific.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
80 min
Release Date
1944-07-19
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
9
Vote Average
6.2
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Edward G. Robinson
Wilbert Winkle
Ruth Warrick
Amy Winkle
Ted Donaldson
Barry
Bob Haymes
Jack Pettigrew
Richard Lane
Sgt. 'Alphabet' Czeidrowski
Robert Armstrong
Joe Tinker
Richard Gaines
Ralph Westcott
Hugh Beaumont
Range Officer
Robert Mitchum
Corporal (uncredited)
Similar Movies
Explore movies similar to this one that you might also enjoy.
8.1
Full Metal Jacket
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
1987-06-26 | en
5.9
Birthday Girl
John is a mild-mannered banker who has never been lucky in love. Fed up with waiting for the right girl to come along, John takes a chance on a Russian mail-order bride arranged via the Internet, where he is introduced to Nadia. John's fondness for Nadia grows... until the sudden arrival of Nadia's gregarious cousins makes John realize that he's in over his head.
2001-09-06 | en
7.8
All Quiet on the Western Front
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
1930-04-29 | en
6.0
From One Friday to the Next
Friday is the day that everyone goes away for the weekend. A bank clerk spends his weekend off a small island with his boat, but the weekend does not run its usual course.
1985-01-01 | sh
6.3
Biloxi Blues
Eugene, an aspiring writer from Brooklyn, is drafted into the US Army during the final months of World War II. For his basic training, the Army sends him to Camp Shelby in Mississippi, where toil, bad food, and antisemitic jibes await. Eugene takes refuge in his sense of humor and in his diary, but they won't protect him in a battle of wills with an unstable drill sergeant.
1988-03-25 | en
7.8
Two Women
A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up with them.
1960-12-22 | it
6.9
Hope and Glory
A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.
1987-09-03 | en
6.9
A Canterbury Tale
Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.
1944-08-21 | en
7.2
The Lavender Hill Mob
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.
1951-06-28 | en
6.9
Der Fuehrer's Face
A marching band of Germans, Italians, and Japanese march through the streets of swastika-motif Nutziland, serenading "Der Fuehrer's Face." Donald Duck, not living in the region by choice, struggles to make do with disgusting Nazi food rations and then with his day of toil at a Nazi artillery factory. After a nervous breakdown, Donald awakens to find that his experience was in fact a nightmare.
1943-01-01 | en
5.9
The Naked and the Dead
Fighting men in World War II learn the value of courage and quickness at the risk of losing their lives.
1958-08-06 | en
6.1
Pin Up Girl
Glamorous Lorry Jones, the toast of a Missouri military canteen, has become "engaged" to almost every serviceman she's signed her pin-up photo for. Now she's leaving home to go into government service (not, as she fantasizes, to join the USO). On a side trip to New York, her vivid imagination leads her to True Love with naval hero Tommy Dooley; but increasingly involved Musical Comedy Complications follow.
1944-04-25 | en
6.1
Thank Your Lucky Stars
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
1943-09-25 | en
5.3
The Boy Friend
The pretty daughter of a bank clerk meets a handsome college student who attempts to romance her. Due to the comical nature of the two kids meeting, the father suspects the student to be of ill repute and he and his wife conspire to scare him away by acting crazy.
1928-11-10 | en
6.8
Falling Hare
Relaxing with a carrot at a U.S. Army air field, Bugs is reading "Victory Through Hare Power" and scoffs at the notion of mentioned gremlins, little creatures who wreak havoc on planes with their diabolical sabotage.
1943-10-30 | en
0.0
Charlotte: A Royal at War
The untold story of a Royal "propagandist in pearls" whose wartime friendship with President Roosevelt became a vital catalyst to win back freedom for her tiny occupied country.
2008-03-14 | en
6.4
For Me and My Gal
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.
1942-10-21 | en
6.2
Waterloo Road
During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and draft dodger who is having an affair with his wife.
1945-02-05 | en
5.6
Commando Duck
Donald Duck is ordered to wipe out a Japanese airfield. After parachuting out of an airplane, he lands in a Japanese forest. He uses an inflated canoe to cross the river, but as soon as it fills up with water, Donald is running for his life. He makes sure the canoe hits nothing that would pop it. When he gets to the edge of a cliff, he sees the airfield. The canoe has already exploded, causing water to flow. This large amount of water splashes onto the airfield, wiping the whole thing clean, but leaving disfigured airplanes
1944-06-02 | en
5.5
Millions Like Us
When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other girls from all different walks of life and begins a relationship with a young airman.
1943-06-01 | en