Three Stripes in the Sun
Army Master Sergeant Hugh O'Reilly is stationed in Japan after World War II. He hates the Japanese. He meets a pretty young Japanese woman, an interpreter for the Army, and through her learns of an orphanage in need of help. He en...
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"Post WW II flick about soldiers in occupied Japan, helping the children of the village. Aldo Ray is sergeant O'Reilly, who starts out resenting the Japanese, but comes to appreciate them and their way of life. Dick York is O'Reilly's cohort Corporal Muhlendorf. York is one of the Dicks who will be Samantha's husband on the TV show "Bewitched", and had made only four films before this. Touching story of a soldier who befriends an orphan, and gets his outfit to help the orphans. Ray is sometimes natural in his role, and sometimes both he and York seem extra-awkward ..."
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Chuck Connors' character plays for the Army baseball team in this movie, which is good casting because he was a professional baseball player in real life prior to his acting career, playing a total of 67 games in the major leagues in 1949 and 1951 for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs. He also played in the minor leagues in 1940, 1942 and 1946-1952. Interestingly enough, he also played professional basketball, appearing in 53 games for the Boston Celtics in 1946-48.
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Army Master Sergeant Hugh O'Reilly is stationed in Japan after World War II. He hates the Japanese. He meets a pretty young Japanese woman, an interpreter for the Army, and through her learns of an orphanage in need of help. He en...