"Mr. Winkle goes to war... and your heart goes with him!"

1944

1h 20m

6.6(10 votes)

Comedy

War

Overview

Wilbert Winkle, a henpecked, mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk and handyman finds himself in the midst of battle in the South Pacific.

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62 members

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Edward G. Robinson

Wilbert Winkle

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Ruth Warrick

Amy Winkle

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Ted Donaldson

Barry

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Bob Haymes

Jack Pettigrew

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Richard Lane

Sgt. 'Alphabet' Czeidrowski

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Robert Armstrong

Joe Tinker

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Richard Gaines

Ralph Westcott

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Hugh Beaumont

Range Officer

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Robert Mitchum

Corporal (uncredited)

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Warren Ashe

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Walter Baldwin

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Cecil Ballerino

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Steve Barclay

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Hugh Beaumont

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Early Cantrell

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John Cason

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Bill Chaney

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Tommy Cook

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Jeff Donnell

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Kaye Dowd

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Barry Downing

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John Elliott

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Nancy Evans

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James Flavin

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Sam Flint

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William Forrest

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Howard Freeman

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Terry Frost

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Fred Graff

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Bernadene Hayes

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Dell Henderson

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Herbert Heyes

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Ernest Hilliard

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Hugh Hooker

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Marilyn Johnson

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Mike Killian

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Joseph Kim

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Fred Kohler Jr.

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Bobby Larson

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Jack Lee

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Nelson Leigh

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Mike Letz

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Anne Loos

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Harry McKim

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Mal Merrihugh

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Edwin Mills

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Dennis Moore

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Forbes Murray

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Frank O'Connor

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Dick Rush

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Jeffrey Sayre

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Ann Shoemaker

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Leslie Sketchley

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Art Smith

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Paul Stanton

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Doris Stone

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Ben Taggart

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Larry Thompson

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George Tyne

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John Tyrrell

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Emmett Vogan

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Robert B. Williams

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