When Willie Comes Marching Home

When Willie Comes Marching Home

Year: 1950

Runtime: 82 mins

Language: English

Director: John Ford

ComedyWar

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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