Comedy · United States of America · 1957 · 1h 30m

Joe Butterfly

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Director
Jesse Hibbs
Cast
Burgess Meredith as Joe Butterfly Audie Murphy as Pvt. Joe Woodley George Nader as Sgt. Ed Kennedy Keenan Wynn as Harold Hathaway Keiko Shima as Chieko Fred Clark as Col. E.E. Fuller
Crew
Irving Glassberg — Director of Photography Milton Carruth — Editor Jack Sher — Writer Sy Gomberg — Writer Marion Hargrove — Writer Aaron Rosenberg — Producer
Tagline

The Uproarious Saga of Those Hilarious Heroes Who Took Tokyo in a Storm of Laughter with their Riotous Operation Kimono!

Synopsis

The staff of "Yank" magazine are among the first American troops into Tokyo after the Japanese surrender. Their mission: produce an issue of the magazine...in three days. To accomplish the seeming impossible, they reluctantly enlist the aid of black marketeer and arch-conniver Joe Butterfly, who sets them up in a palatial private mansion, complete with lovely daughter -- strictly against regulations. How much trouble can our heroes talk their way out of?

Mood & Themes
japanarmy life
Key Collaborators
Jesse Hibbs Director Irving Glassberg Director of Photography Milton Carruth Editor Jack Sher Writer Sy Gomberg Writer Marion Hargrove Writer Aaron Rosenberg Producer
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