When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
Bill Kluggs, first to enlist from Puxatawnew, West Virginia, is disgraced when his proficiency as a gunner returns him to his hometown, as a trainer. He desperately requests an overseas assignment as neighbors, family, and even dogs treat him like a shirker. Finally he is sent on a secret mission, recovers vital information, and is decorated all in the space of thirty-six hilarious hours. 2
Books with substantial mentioning of When Willie Comes Marching Home
| Tag Gallagher John Ford: The Man and His Films Berkeley-Los Angeles-London, 1986 |
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J.A. Place The Non-Western Films of John Ford Secaucus, NJ, 1979 |
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