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Chaotic comedy from Steven Spielberg, set six days after the bombing of Pearl Harbour on December 13, 1941. The grandly mounted, extravagantly zany epic follows the outrageous adventures of a trouble-making group of American GIs who, between them, manage to destroy Hollywood and wreak havoc throughout Southern California.

Keywords:

Comedy, War, Historical, History, World War, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, WWII, WW2, World War 2

Additional Information:

(1979) (USA) (2 Star)

Cast:

Dan Aykroyd	.... Sgt. Frank Tree
Ned Beatty	.... Ward Douglas
John Belushi	.... Capt. Wild Bill Kelso
Lorraine Gary	.... Joan Douglas
Murray Hamilton	.... Claude Crumn
Christopher Lee	.... Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt

Supporting Cast:

Tim Matheson	.... Capt. Loomis Birkhead
Toshirô Mifune	.... Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura
Warren Oates	.... Col. 'Madman' Maddox
Robert Stack	.... Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
Treat Williams	.... Cpl. Chuck 'Stretch' Sitarski
Nancy Allen	.... Donna Stratton
Lucille Benson	.... Gas Mama
Jordan Brian	.... Macey Douglas
John Candy	.... Pvt. Foley
Slim Pickens	.... Hollis P. Wood

Directors:

Steven Spielberg

Writers:

Robert Zemeckis
Bob Gale