It seems like everyone wants a piece of Wilbert Winkle!
Edward G. Robinson & Ruth Warrick were great in "Mr. Winkle Goes to War" (1944). A middle aged, hen-pecked man finds he's been drafted by Uncle Sam. He's 'In the Army Now'...What happens next? Well, don't look at the possibles or impossibles. (What? At his age he actually made it into & through through boot camp? Then overseas?) Just watch & enjoy the acting style of Edward G. Robinson as he portrayed the mild-mannered bank clerk, Wilbert Winkle, who wants to be 'Mr.Fix-it'.
Ruth Warrick is perfect as Amy the wife who doesn't know or understand her husband very well until she and Barry have a chat. Then Private Winkle returns home after serving his country and gently refuses to be pushed around.
Young Ted Donaldson plays Barry, right-hand boy to his good friend Mr. Winkle.
Jack Pettigrew (as Bob Haymes), Richard Lane (as Sgt. 'Alphabet' Czeidrowski) and Robert Armstrong (as Joe Tinker) are definitely believable as our hero's army chums.
It's my 3rd viewing. It's a mixture of a funny and yet dramatic war movie.
Edward G. Robinson & Ruth Warrick were great in "Mr. Winkle Goes to War" (1944). A middle aged, hen-pecked man finds he's been drafted by Uncle Sam. He's 'In the Army Now'...What happens next? Well, don't look at the possibles or impossibles. (What? At his age he actually made it into & through through boot camp? Then overseas?) Just watch & enjoy the acting style of Edward G. Robinson as he portrayed the mild-mannered bank clerk, Wilbert Winkle, who wants to be 'Mr.Fix-it'.
Ruth Warrick is perfect as Amy the wife who doesn't know or understand her husband very well until she and Barry have a chat. Then Private Winkle returns home after serving his country and gently refuses to be pushed around.
Young Ted Donaldson plays Barry, right-hand boy to his good friend Mr. Winkle.
Jack Pettigrew (as Bob Haymes), Richard Lane (as Sgt. 'Alphabet' Czeidrowski) and Robert Armstrong (as Joe Tinker) are definitely believable as our hero's army chums.
It's my 3rd viewing. It's a mixture of a funny and yet dramatic war movie.