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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
Bill wants to join the Army, but he's 4F so he asks a wizard to help him, but the wizard has slight problems with his history knowlege, so he sends Bill everywhere in history, but not to WWII.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 57GoodWatch 56
IMDb5.7
Running time
1 h 14 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 music movies, −32 min on the typical 106
typical 10674Half of all music movies run 94–120 min.
Released
1945
May 23, 1945
81 years ago
Genre
MusicLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
and 9 more12 people
- Fred MacMurrayBill Morgan
- Joan LeslieSally Smith / Prudence / Katrina
- June HaverLucilla Powell / Gretchen / Indian
- Gene SheldonAli the Genie
- Anthony QuinnChief Badger
- Carlos RamírezBenito
- Alan MowbrayGeneral George Washington
- Fortunio BonanovaChristopher Columbus
Herman BingHessian Col. / Von Heisel
Howard FreemanKreiger
Rory CalhounSoldier Leaving Canteen (uncredited)
Otto PremingerGeneral Rahl (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Gregory Ratoff Director
Writing · 2
- Morrie Ryskind Screenplay, Story
- Sig Herzig Story
Production · 2
- William Perlberg Producer
- Frances C. Richardson Researcher
Camera · 1
- Leon Shamroy Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- J. Watson Webb Jr. Editor
Sound · 2
- David Raksin Music
- Emil Newman Music Director
Art · 3
- Thomas Little Set Decoration
- Lyle R. Wheeler Art Direction
- Leland Fuller Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Bonnie Cashin Costume Design
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