Wake Me When It's Over

Wake Me When It's Over

1960 · 126 min · ★ 6.7 · Comedy

The war may be over, but that doesn't keep the hapless Gus Brubaker from being drafted and posted on a forgotten little Japanese Island...and that's just the beginning of this wacky Air Force adventure!

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy · Written by Richard L. Breen

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