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Willie and Joe are on the screen!

1951 · 92 min · ★ 7.0 · War, Comedy

Military comedy set during WWII, inspired by Bill Mauldin's popular newspaper cartoons of soldiers "Willie" and "Joe".

Directed by Alexander Hall · Written by Bill Mauldin

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