Movie·1957·1h 30m
Joe Butterfly
The Uproarious Saga of Those Hilarious Heroes Who Took Tokyo in a Storm of Laughter with their Riotous Operation Kimono!
Directed By
Jesse Hibbs
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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// overview
The Story
The staff of "Yank" magazine are among the first American troops into Tokyo after the Japanese surrender. Their mission: produce an issue of the magazine...in three days. To accomplish the seeming impossible, they reluctantly enlist the aid of black marketeer and arch-conniver Joe Butterfly, who sets them up in a palatial private mansion, complete with lovely daughter -- strictly against regulations. How much trouble can our heroes talk their way out of?
Written By
Sy Gomberg, Marion Hargrove, Jack Sher
Producer
Aaron Rosenberg
Cinematography
Irving Glassberg
Editor
Milton Carruth
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
3 votes
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// cast
Cast
Burgess Meredith
Joe Butterfly
Audie Murphy
Pvt. Joe Woodley
George Nader
Sgt. Ed Kennedy
Keenan Wynn
Harold Hathaway
Keiko Shima
Chieko
Fred Clark
Col. E.E. Fuller
John Agar
Sgt. Dick Mason
Charles McGraw
Sgt. Jim McNulty
Shinpei Shimazaki
Boku
Reiko Higa
False Tokyo Rose
Tatsuo Saitō
Sakayama
Chizu Shimazaki
Mother
Herbert Anderson
Maj. Ferguson
Eddie Firestone
Sgt. Oscar Hulick
Frank Chase
Yeo. Saul Bernheim
Harold Goodwin
Col. Hopper
Willard W. Willingham
Soldier
Al Ricketts
Reporter (uncredited)
// crew
Crew
Aaron Rosenberg
Producer
Irving Glassberg
Director of Photography
Jesse Hibbs
Director
Sy Gomberg
Writer
Marion Hargrove
Writer
Jack Sher
Writer
Milton Carruth
Editor
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