At War with the Army

At War with the Army
1958 theatrical reissue poster
Directed byHal Walker
Screenplay byFred Finklehoffe
Based onAt War With the Army
1949 play
by James Allardice
Produced byFred Finklehoffe
StarringDean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Mike Kellin
Jimmy Dundee
Polly Bergen
CinematographyStuart Thompson
Edited byPaul Weatherwax
Music byJoseph J. Lilley
Production
companies
Fred F. Finklehoffe Productions
Screen Associates Inc.
York Pictures Corporation
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • December 31, 1950 (1950-12-31) (San Francisco)
  • January 17, 1951 (1951-01-17) (United States)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budgetless than $500,000[1] or $420,000[2]
Box office$3.3 million (US rentals)[3]
1,464,218 admissions (France)[4]
The full film

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.

  1. ^ "Boy Meets Girl in Monroe, N.Y., Starting Tomorrow - Home From Italy by A.H. WEILER". The New York Times. October 15, 1950. p. X5.
  2. ^ "{ar Advance Coin Gives Texas Oilmen Their Coin". Variety. 6 December 1950. p. 3.
  3. ^ "Top 20 Films of 1950 by Domestic Revenue". boxofficereport.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-15.
  4. ^ Jerry Lewis films French box office information at Box Office Story