See Here, Private Hargrove (film)
{{short description|1944 film by Wesley Ruggles}}
{{Infobox film
| name = See Here, Private Hargrove
| image = File:See Here, Private Hargrove (film).jpg
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| director = Wesley Ruggles
| producer = George Haight
| based_on = {{based on|See Here, Private Hargrove
1942 book|Marion Hargrove}}
| screenplay = Harry Kurnitz
| narrator =
| starring = Robert Walker
Donna Reed
Keenan Wynn
| music = David Snell
Lennie Hayton
| cinematography = Charles Lawton Jr.
| editing = Frank E. Hull
| studio =
| distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| released = {{Film date|1944|3|18}}
| runtime = 101 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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See Here, Private Hargrove is a 1944 black-and-white comedy film from MGM, produced by George Haight, directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Robert Walker, Donna Reed, and Keenan Wynn. The film was adapted from the 1942 memoir of the same name by Marion Hargrove.
The film was followed by a 1945 sequel, What Next, Corporal Hargrove?, which followed Hargrove to France.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/see-here-private-hargrove-v109403|title=See Here, Private Hargrove (1944) - Tay Garnett, Wesley Ruggles - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}
Plot
The storyline unfolds as a series of humorous anecdotes about Marion Hargrove's tenure in the U.S. Army while at boot camp in Fort Bragg, NC during the early days of World War II.
Cast
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- Robert Walker as Pvt. Marion Hargrove
- Donna Reed as Carol Holliday
- Keenan Wynn as Pvt. Mulvehill
- Grant Mitchell as Uncle George
- Ray Collins as Brody S. Griffith
- Chill Wills as First Sgt. Cramp
- Bob Crosby as Bob
- Marta Linden as Mrs. Holliday
- George Offerman Jr. as Pvt. Orrin Esty
- Edward Fielding as Gen. Dillon
- Donald Curtis as Sgt. Heldon
- William Phillips as Pvt. Bill Burk (as Wm. 'Bill' Phillips)
- Douglas Fowley as Capt. R.S. Manville
- Robert Benchley as Mr. Holliday
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0037256}}
- {{TCMDb title|704}}
- {{AFI film|654}}
Category:1940s war comedy films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American war comedy films
Category:Films based on non-fiction books
Category:Films directed by Wesley Ruggles
Category:Films set in North Carolina
Category:Films set on the United States home front during World War II
Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Category:Military comedy films
Category:Films with screenplays by Harry Kurnitz
Category:World War II films made in wartime
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:Films scored by David L. Snell
Category:Films scored by Lennie Hayton
Category:English-language war comedy films
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