Joe Butterfly (1957)
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The Uproarious Saga of Those Hilarious Heroes Who Took Tokyo in a Storm of Laughter with their Riotous Operation Kimono!
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?
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George NaderSgt. Ed Kennedy
Audie MurphyPvt. Joe Woodley
Keenan WynnHarold Hathaway
Keiko ShimaChieko
Fred ClarkCol. E.E. Fuller
John AgarSgt. Dick Mason
Charles McGrawSgt. Jim McNultyShinpei ShimazakiBoku
Reiko HigaFalse Tokyo Rose
Tatsuo SaitōSakayamaChizu ShimazakiMother
Herbert AndersonMaj. FergusonKeywords
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What is Joe Butterfly about?
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?
How long is Joe Butterfly?
Joe Butterfly has a runtime of 90 minutes.