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Programme Information

Local troublemaker Benny is given a hero's send-off by his two-faced home town after being killed in action. But his dad and ex-girlfriend aren't buying into the cheap charade. John Steinbeck co-wrote the Oscar-nominated script from his own satirical story

Keywords:

Drama, Satire, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1945) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Dorothy Lamour	.... Lolita Sierra
Arturo de Córdova	.... Joe Morales
J. Carrol Naish	.... Charley Martin
Mikhail Rasumny	.... Raphael Catalina
Fernando Alvarado	.... Chito Sierra
Frank McHugh	.... Edgar Lovekin

Supporting Cast:

Rosita Moreno	.... Toodles Castro
Grant Mitchell	.... Mayor of Pantera
Douglass Dumbrille	.... General

Directors:

Irving Pichel

Writers:

Frank Butler
John Steinbeck