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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1951 film by Alexander Hall}}<br />
{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Up Front<br />
| image_size =<br />
| image = Upfrpos.jpg<br />
| caption = Film poster<br />
| director = [[Alexander Hall]]<br />
| producer = [[Leonard Goldstein]]<br />
| screenplay = [[Stanley Roberts (screenwriter)|Stanley Roberts]]<br />
| starring = [[David Wayne]]<br>[[Tom Ewell]] <br> [[Marina Berti]]<br />
| music =[[Joseph Gershenson]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Russell Metty]]<br />
| editing = [[Milton Carruth]]<br />
| studio = [[Universal-International]] <br />
| distributor = Universal-International<br />
| released = {{Film date|1951|03|05}}<br />
| runtime = 92 minutes<br />
| country = United States<br />
| language = English<br />
| budget =<br />
| gross = $1.95 million (US rentals)<ref>'The Top Box Office Hits of 1951', ''Variety'', January 2, 1952</ref><br />
}}<br />
'''''Up Front''''' is a 1951 American [[comedy film]] directed by [[Alexander Hall]] and starring [[Tom Ewell]] and [[David Wayne]] very loosely based on [[Bill Mauldin]]'s World War II characters ''[[Willie and Joe]]''. Mauldin repudiated it and refused his advising fee; he claimed never to have seen it.<ref>{{cite book|title=Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front|url=https://archive.org/details/billmauldinlifeu00depa|url-access=registration|first=Todd|last=DePastino|year=2008|isbn=978-0-393-33488-3|publisher=W.W. Norton & Company|location=New York, NY|page=[https://archive.org/details/billmauldinlifeu00depa/page/247 247]}}</ref> It takes place during the [[Italian campaign (World War II)|Italian Campaign of World War II]].<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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==Cast==<br />
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*[[David Wayne]] as Joe <br />
*[[Tom Ewell]] as Willie <br />
*[[Marina Berti]] as Emi Rosso <br />
*[[Jeffrey Lynn]] as Capt. Ralph Johnson <br />
*[[Richard Egan (actor)|Richard Egan]] as Capa <br />
* Maurice Cavell as Vuaglio <br />
*[[Vaughn Taylor (actor)|Vaughn Taylor]] as MP Maj. Lester <br />
* Silvio Minciotti as Poppa Rosso <br />
*[[Paul Harvey (actor)|Paul Harvey]] as Col. Akeley <br />
* Roger De Koven as Sabatelli <br />
* Grazia Narciso as Signora Carvadossi <br />
* [[Tito Vuolo]] as Tarantino <br />
*[[Mickey Knox (actor)|Mickey Knox]] as Driver<br />
* [[Hal Baylor]] as Smitty <br />
* [[John Doucette]] as Walsh <br />
* [[William Frambes]] as Rogers <br />
* [[Henry Rowland (actor)|Henry Rowland]] as Krausmeyer<br />
* [[Kenneth Tobey]] as Cooper <br />
* [[Arthur Space]] as Col. Hayes<br />
* [[James Seay]] as Lt. Ferguson<br />
* [[Harlan Warde]] as Lt. Myers <br />
* [[Selmer Jackson]] as General <br />
* [[Eugene Borden]] as French Captain<br />
* [[Vito Scotti]] as Sergeant Clerk <br />
* [[John McGuire (actor)|John McGuire]] as Military Police Lieutenant<br />
* [[James Flavin]] as Military Policeman<br />
* [[Peter Graves]] as Military Policeman<br />
* [[Ann Tyrrell]] as Nurse <br />
* [[Midge Ware]] as Nurse <br />
* [[Gino Corrado]] as Waiter <br />
* [[Lucille Barkley]] as Nurse Receptionist<br />
* [[Pat Carroll]] as Italian Girl<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|0044173|Up Front}}<br />
*{{tcmdb title|94552|Up Front}}<br />
*{{Allmovie title|115276|Up Front}}<br />
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[[Category:1951 films]]<br />
[[Category:1951 comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:American black-and-white films]]<br />
[[Category:American comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on American comics]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Alexander Hall]]<br />
[[Category:Italian Campaign of World War II films]]<br />
[[Category:Military humor in film]]<br />
[[Category:Universal Pictures films]]<br />
[[Category:1950s English-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1950s American films]]<br />
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