About Face (1952 film)

About Face
Directed byRoy Del Ruth
Screenplay byPeter Milne
Based onBrother Rat
1936 play
by John Monks Jr.
Fred F. Finklehoffe
Produced byWilliam Jacobs
StarringGordon MacRae
Eddie Bracken
Virginia Gibson
CinematographyBert Glennon
Edited byThomas Reilly
Music byRay Heindorf
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • February 28, 1952 (1952-02-28)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.6 million (US)[1]

About Face is a 1952 American musical comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Gordon MacRae, Eddie Bracken and Virginia Gibson.[2] [3] It was future Oscar winner Joel Grey's film debut. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. It is an adaptation of the 1936 play Brother Rat by John Monks Jr. and Fred F. Finklehoffe and a remake of the 1938 film of the same title.[4]

  1. ^ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
  2. ^ "About Face (1952) - Roy del Ruth | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  3. ^ Erickson p.385
  4. ^ Goble p.331