
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
1942 • Music
Charles Lamont
Director
Oscar Brodney
Writer
Dorothy Bennett
Writer
Status
Released
Release date
December 24, 1942
Duration
74 Min
Language
en
Popularity
0.3172
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Overview
By popular consensus, Allan Jones' best Universal mini-musical of the 1940s was the timely When Johnny Comes Marching Home. Jones is cast as war hero Johnny Kovacs, who wearies of the adulation heaped upon him and takes refuge under an assumed name in a theatrical boarding house. Here he befriends orchestra leader Phil Spitalny and his all-girl aggregation, including the inimitable Evelyn and Her Magic Violin. When Army officials trace Johnny to the boarding house, his new friends assume that he's a deserter and try to convince him to return to duty.
Cast

Allan Jones

Jane Frazee

Gloria Jean

Donald O'Connor

Peggy Ryan

Paul Everton

Grace Hayes

Richard Davies

Clyde Fillmore

Marla Shelton














