There's Something About a Soldier (1943 film)

1943 film directed by Alfred Edward Green

There's Something About a Soldier

Directed by	Alfred E. Green
Written by	Horace McCoy Barry Trivers
Produced by	Samuel Bischoff
Starring	Tom Neal Evelyn Keyes Bruce Bennett
Cinematography	George Meehan Philip Tannura
Edited by	Richard Fantl
Music by	John Leipold
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	November 30, 1943 (1943-11-30)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

There's Something About a Soldier is a 1943 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Tom Neal, Evelyn Keyes and Bruce Bennett. It takes its title from a popular song of the same name.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Lionel Banks.

Plot

During World War II, a group of fresh candidates arrive at an officer training school in Wilimington in North Carolina. Despite their rivalries they learn to work together during the seventeen week course.

Main cast

Tom Neal as Wally Williams
Evelyn Keyes as Carol Harkness
Bruce Bennett as Frank Molloy
John Hubbard as Michael Crocker
Jeff Donnell as Jean Burton
Frank Sully as Alex Grybinski
Lewis Wilson as Thomas Bolivar Jefferson
Robert Stanford as George Edwards
Jonathan Hale as General Sommerton
Hugh Beaumont as Lieutenant Martin
Shelley Winters as Norma
Louise Beavers as Birdie
Jeanne Bates as Phyllis

References

Wilt p.34

Bibliography

Wilt, David E. Hardboiled in Hollywood. Popular Press, 1991.

External links

There's Something About a Soldier at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Alfred E. Green
Silent films	The Princess of Patches (1917) Silk Husbands and Calico Wives (1920) A Double-Dyed Deceiver (1920) Through the Back Door (1921) Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921) The Bachelor Daddy (1922) Our Leading Citizen (1922) The Ghost Breaker (1922) The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1922) Back Home and Broke (1922) The Ne'er-Do-Well (1923) Woman-Proof (1923) Pied Piper Malone (1924) In Hollywood With Potash and Perlmutter (1924) Inez from Hollywood (1924) The Talker (1925) Sally (1925) The Man Who Found Himself (1925) The Girl from Montmartre (1926) Ladies at Play (1926) Irene (1926) It Must Be Love (1926) Ella Cinders (1926) Two Girls Wanted (1927) Is Zat So? (1927) The Auctioneer (1927) Come to My House (1927) Honor Bound (1928)
Sound films	Disraeli (1929) Making the Grade (1929) The Green Goddess (1930) The Man From Blankley's (1930) Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930) Old English (1930) Men of the Sky (1931) The Road to Singapore (1931) Smart Money (1931) Union Depot (1932) It's Tough to Be Famous (1932) The Rich Are Always With Us (1932) The Dark Horse (1932) Silver Dollar (1932) Parachute Jumper (1933) Grand Slam (1933) Baby Face (1933) Central Airport (1933) I Loved a Woman (1933) The Narrow Corner (1933) Dark Hazard (1934) Side Streets (1934) Housewife (1934) The Merry Frinks (1934) As the Earth Turns (1934) A Lost Lady (1934) Gentlemen Are Born (1934) Sweet Music (1935) Here's to Romance (1935) The Girl From 10th Avenue (1935) The Goose and the Gander (1935) Dangerous (1935) Colleen (1936) They Met in a Taxi (1936) The Golden Arrow (1936) Two in a Crowd (1936) More Than a Secretary (1936) The League of Frightened Men (1937) Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937) Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937) Let's Get Married (1937) Ride a Crooked Mile (1938) The Duke of West Point (1938) The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939) King of the Turf (1939) 20,000 Men a Year (1939) Flowing Gold (1940) Shooting High (1940) South of Pago Pago (1940) East of the River (1940) Adventure in Washington (1941) Badlands of Dakota (1941) The Mayor of 44th Street (1942) Meet the Stewarts (1942) Appointment in Berlin (1943) There's Something About a Soldier (1943) Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944) Strange Affair (1944) A Thousand and One Nights (1945) The Jolson Story (1946) Tars and Spars (1946) The Fabulous Dorseys (1947) Copacabana (1947) Four Faces West (1948) The Girl from Manhattan (1948) Cover Up (1949) Sierra (1949) The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) Two Gals and a Guy (1951) Invasion U.S.A. (1952) The Eddie Cantor Story (1953) Paris Model (1953) Top Banana (1954)

Films directed by Alfred E. Green

Silent films

The Princess of Patches (1917)
Silk Husbands and Calico Wives (1920)
A Double-Dyed Deceiver (1920)
Through the Back Door (1921)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921)
The Bachelor Daddy (1922)
Our Leading Citizen (1922)
The Ghost Breaker (1922)
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1922)
Back Home and Broke (1922)
The Ne'er-Do-Well (1923)
Woman-Proof (1923)
Pied Piper Malone (1924)
In Hollywood With Potash and Perlmutter (1924)
Inez from Hollywood (1924)
The Talker (1925)
Sally (1925)
The Man Who Found Himself (1925)
The Girl from Montmartre (1926)
Ladies at Play (1926)
Irene (1926)
It Must Be Love (1926)
Ella Cinders (1926)
Two Girls Wanted (1927)
Is Zat So? (1927)
The Auctioneer (1927)
Come to My House (1927)
Honor Bound (1928)

Sound films

Disraeli (1929)
Making the Grade (1929)
The Green Goddess (1930)
The Man From Blankley's (1930)
Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930)
Old English (1930)
Men of the Sky (1931)
The Road to Singapore (1931)
Smart Money (1931)
Union Depot (1932)
It's Tough to Be Famous (1932)
The Rich Are Always With Us (1932)
The Dark Horse (1932)
Silver Dollar (1932)
Parachute Jumper (1933)
Grand Slam (1933)
Baby Face (1933)
Central Airport (1933)
I Loved a Woman (1933)
The Narrow Corner (1933)
Dark Hazard (1934)
Side Streets (1934)
Housewife (1934)
The Merry Frinks (1934)
As the Earth Turns (1934)
A Lost Lady (1934)
Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
Sweet Music (1935)
Here's to Romance (1935)
The Girl From 10th Avenue (1935)
The Goose and the Gander (1935)
Dangerous (1935)
Colleen (1936)
They Met in a Taxi (1936)
The Golden Arrow (1936)
Two in a Crowd (1936)
More Than a Secretary (1936)
The League of Frightened Men (1937)
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937)
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
Let's Get Married (1937)
Ride a Crooked Mile (1938)
The Duke of West Point (1938)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)
King of the Turf (1939)
20,000 Men a Year (1939)
Flowing Gold (1940)
Shooting High (1940)
South of Pago Pago (1940)
East of the River (1940)
Adventure in Washington (1941)
Badlands of Dakota (1941)
The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
Meet the Stewarts (1942)
Appointment in Berlin (1943)
There's Something About a Soldier (1943)
Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)
Strange Affair (1944)
A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
The Jolson Story (1946)
Tars and Spars (1946)
The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
Copacabana (1947)
Four Faces West (1948)
The Girl from Manhattan (1948)
Cover Up (1949)
Sierra (1949)
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Two Gals and a Guy (1951)
Invasion U.S.A. (1952)
The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)
Paris Model (1953)
Top Banana (1954)

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