Up Front (film)

Up Front is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Tom Ewell and David Wayne very loosely based on Bill Mauldin's World War II characters Willie and Joe. Mauldin repudiated it and refused his advising fee; he claimed never to have seen it. It takes place during the Italian Campaign of World War II.

Plot
Based on the famed W.W.II cartoons: Lowbrow G.I.s Willie and Joe, on the Italian front, are good soldiers in combat, but meet the antics of gung-ho Captain Johnson and other military snafus with a barrage of wry comments. On a 3-day pass in Naples, Joe's penchant for wine and women involves the pair with luscious Emi Rosso and her moonshiner father, whose tangled affairs land them in ever deeper trouble.

Cast

 * David Wayne as Joe
 * Tom Ewell as Willie
 * Marina Berti as Emi Rosso
 * Jeffrey Lynn as Capt. Ralph Johnson
 * Richard Egan as Capa
 * Maurice Cavell as Vuaglio
 * Vaughn Taylor as MP Maj. Lester
 * Silvio Minciotti as Poppa Rosso
 * Paul Harvey as Col. Akeley
 * Roger De Koven as Sabatelli
 * Grazia Narciso as Signora Carvadossi
 * Tito Vuolo as Tarantino
 * Mickey Knox as Driver
 * Hal Baylor as 	Smitty
 * John Doucette as Walsh
 * William Frambes as 	Rogers
 * Henry Rowland as	Krausmeyer
 * Kenneth Tobey as 	Cooper
 * Arthur Space as 	Col. Hayes
 * James Seay as 	Lt. Ferguson
 * Harlan Warde as 	Lt. Myers
 * Selmer Jackson as General
 * Eugene Borden as 	French Captain
 * Vito Scotti as Sergeant Clerk
 * John McGuire as	Military Police Lieutenant
 * James Flavin as 	Military Policeman
 * Peter Graves as 	Military Policeman
 * Ann Tyrrell as Nurse
 * Midge Ware as 	Nurse
 * Gino Corrado as 	Waiter
 * Lucille Barkley as Nurse Receptionist
 * Pat Carroll as Italian Girl