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When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1950 · 82 mins · English
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- Directed by
- John Ford
- Starring
- Charles Halton, Whit Bissell, James Flavin, Vera Miles, Luis Alberni, Mae Marsh
The plot is drawn from government‑issued training films that were originally suppressed. Willie enlists eager to become a war hero, only to be assigned to his hometown and placed in a training unit, keeping him away from combat. By chance he ends up behind enemy lines, where he inadvertently proves his bravery and finally earns the hero status he sought.
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