At War with the Army | |
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Directed by | Hal Walker |
Screenplay by | Fred Finklehoffe |
Based on | At War With the Army 1949 play by James Allardice |
Produced by | Fred Finklehoffe |
Starring | Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Mike Kellin Jimmy Dundee Polly Bergen |
Cinematography | Stuart Thompson |
Edited by | Paul Weatherwax |
Music by | Joseph J. Lilley |
Production companies | Fred F. Finklehoffe Productions Screen Associates Inc. York Pictures Corporation |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | less than $500,000[1] or $420,000[2] |
Box office | $3.3 million (US rentals)[3] 1,464,218 admissions (France)[4] |
At War with the Army is a 1950 American musical comedy film directed by Hal Walker, released by Paramount, starring the comedy team of Martin and Lewis and introducing Polly Bergen. Filmed from July through August 1949, the film premiered in San Francisco on New Year's Eve 1950, before opening nationwide on January 17, 1951. It was re-released in 1958 by OMAT Pictures.
Although filmed before My Friend Irma Goes West (1950), it was held back until the sequel to Martin and Lewis' smash film debut My Friend Irma (1949) was released.