| Wake Me When It's Over | |
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| Directed by | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Written by | Richard L. Breen |
| Screenplay by | Richard L. Breen |
| Based on | Wake Me When It's Over 1959 novel by Howard Singer |
| Produced by | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Starring | Ernie Kovacs Dick Shawn Margo Moore Jack Warden |
| Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
| Edited by | Aaron Stell |
| Music by | Cyril J. Mockridge |
Production company | Mervyn LeRoy Productions Inc. |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,000,000 (US/ Canada)[1] |
Wake Me When It's Over is a 1960 DeLuxe Color comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Ernie Kovacs and Dick Shawn in CinemaScope. The screenplay concerns a World War II veteran who gets called back into service by mistake and sent to a dreary Pacific island. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Howard Singer. The title song was written by Sammy Cahn (words) and James Van Heusen (music) and sung by Andy Williams.
- ^ "Rental Potentials of 1960", Variety, 4 January 1961 p 47. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.