I Love a Soldier

I Love a Soldier

A STAR TEAM! A LAUGH TEAM! A ROMANCE TEAM!

NR 1944 · 106 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama

During World War II in San Francisco, Eve Morgan and her single girlfriends spend their days welding ships and their nights dancing with soldiers and sailors shipping out that night. Eve is determined to avoid any romantic entanglements until the war is over she refuses to spend her days and nights worrying about getting bad news about a man she has fallen for. But she doesn't count on meeting a soldier who is determined to change her mind.

Directed by Mark Sandrich · Written by Allan Scott

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Paulette Goddard Evelyn Connors
Sonny Tufts Dan Kilgore
Beulah Bondi Etta Lane
Walter Sande Sgt. Lionel 'Stiff' Banks
Mary Treen Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant
Ann Doran Jenny Butler
Marie McDonald Gracie
James Bell Williams
Barry Fitzgerald Murphy
Frank Albertson Little Soldier
Bobby Barber Funhouse Attendant
Hugh Beaumont John

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