Rent Joe Butterfly (1957)
3.4 of 5 from 47 ratings
1h 29min
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- Synopsis:
At the end of the Second World War, the editor of the famed army weekly "Yank" magazine (Golden Globe-winner George Nader) flies across the Pacific with his staff to document life in post-war Japan. Handed an impossibly tight deadline, they head to Tokyo's black market to search for story ideas, where they stumble upon underworld con-artist Joe Butterfly (Oscar-nominee Burgess Meredith). Butterfly offers the Yank staff an alternative to their run-down offices, setting them up in a plush, private mansion - but the new headquarters, frequented by a few local ladies, are seriously against regulations. As the Yank staffers - one played by war hero and Hollywood legend Audie Murphy, among others - scramble to put together an issue, the sticky situation they find themselves in grows increasingly absurd, and laughs abound. - Actors:
- Audie Murphy, George Nader, Keenan Wynn, Kieko Shima, Fred Clark, John Agar, Charles McGraw, Shinpei Shimazaki, Reiko Higa, Tatsuo Saitô, Chizu Shimazaki, Herbert Anderson, Eddie Firestone, Frank Chase, Harold Goodwin, Willard W. Willingham, Burgess Meredith
- Directors:
- Jesse Hibbs
- Producers:
- Aaron Rosenberg
- Writers:
- Sy Gomberg, Marion Hargrove, Jack Ruge, Jack Sher, Evan Wylie
- Studio:
- Simply Media
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Comedy
