Joe Butterfly
The Uproarious Saga of Those Hilarious Heroes Who Took Tokyo in a Storm of Laughter with their Riotous Operation Kimono!
1957-05-29 | 90 minutes
Plot Summary
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?
Cast
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Burgess MeredithJoe Butterfly
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Audie MurphyPvt. Joe Woodley
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George NaderSgt. Ed Kennedy
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Keenan WynnHarold Hathaway
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Keiko ShimaChieko
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Fred ClarkCol. E.E. Fuller
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John AgarSgt. Dick Mason
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Charles McGrawSgt. Jim McNulty
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Reiko HigaFalse Tokyo Rose
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Tatsuo SaitōSakayama
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Herbert AndersonMaj. Ferguson
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Eddie FirestoneSgt. Oscar Hulick
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Frank ChaseYeo. Saul Bernheim
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Harold GoodwinCol. Hopper
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