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Yanks Ahoy

Yanks Ahoy

1943Movie⏱️ 1h 0mApproved
Comedy
⭐ 5.2
IMDB Rating
99 votes

Sergeants (William Tracy, Joe Sawyer) flirt with a nurse (Marjorie Woodworth) aboard ship and go fishing for a Japanese sub.

Director
Kurt Neumann
Writers
Eugene Conrad, Edward E. Seabrook
Stars
William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Marjorie Woodworth
Release Date
June 29, 1943
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

William Tracy
William Tracy
as Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday
Joe Sawyer
Joe Sawyer
as Sgt. Ames
Marjorie Woodworth
Marjorie Woodworth
as Phyllis Arden
Minor Watson
Minor Watson
as Capt. Scott
Frank Faylen
Frank Faylen
as Quartermaster Jenkins
Walter Woolf King
Walter Woolf King
as Capt. Gillis
Romaine Callender
Romaine Callender
as Col. Elliott
Robert Kent
Robert Kent
as Lt. Reeves
William Bakewell
William Bakewell
as Ens. Crosby
Chet Brandenburg
Chet Brandenburg
as Dock Worker

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Production
Hal Roach Studios

🏷️ Keywords

u.s. navyu.s. armysubmarineslapstick comedynurse

🎯 Categories

SlapstickComedy

⭐ Featured Review

Weaker Entry
by Michael_Elliott β€’ 2008-02-26

"Yanks Ahoy (1943) ** (out of 4) Hal Roach produced comedy is in the same series that includes Tanks a Million and Fall In. In this film, as in the previous two I watched, the brainy Sgt. Doubleday (William Tracy) is at odds with Sgt. Ames (Joe Sawyer) aboard a ship where there might be a Japanese spy on board. I enjoyed the first two films I watched as cheap, B-movie entertainment but this one here is certainly the weakest of the three. This is due in large part to a very weak screenplay that doesn't allow the two stars any good scenes. The first two movies were actually pretty well w..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

This film was first telecast in New York City Saturday 16 October 1948 on WPIX (Channel 11), in Baltimore Saturday 13 August 1949 on WMAR (Channel 2), in Detroit Sunday 6 November 1949 on WXYZ (Channel 7), and in Los Angeles Wednesday 5 April 1950 on KECA (Channel 7), as part of their newly acquired series of three dozen Hal Roach feature film productions, originally theatrically released between 1931 and 1943, and now being syndicated for television broadcast by Regal Television Pictures.

πŸ“– Synopsis

Sergeants (William Tracy, Joe Sawyer) flirt with a nurse (Marjorie Woodworth) aboard ship and go fishing for a Japanese sub.