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Because MGM was unable to find a Los Angeles-area theater in which to show A Guy Named Joe by the end of 1943, it was ineligible for that year's Academy Awards. [15] It finally opened at Grauman's Chinese Theatre and several other area locations on March 16, 1944.
A Guy Named Joe. A dead World War II bomber pilot, Pete Sandidge becomes the guardian angel of another pilot, Ted Randall. He guides Ted through battle and helping him to romance his old girlfriend, despite her excessive devotion to Sandidge's memory.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Victor Fleming
- 1944-03-10
Apr 30, 2020 · A Guy Named Joe was nominated for an Oscar for Original Screenplay. Yet it’s surprising the script was approved by the production code folks at all, even after required changes were made, because a couple of times it veers awfully close to communist ideology.
When adventurous World War II bomber pilot Pete Sandidge (Spencer Tracy) dies in an aerial attack after ordering the crew to safety, he meets "the General," a legendary dead pilot who assigns Pete...
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- Spencer Tracy
- Victor Fleming
- Fantasy
Aug 24, 2019 · A Guy Named Joe is a propaganda picture, but one less about jingoism and more about the American trademarked Freedom. Only it’s a specific kind of Freedom, it’s the kind of Freedom you can only understand if you’re an Army flier.
A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to Earth by heavenly General with a new assignment.
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Three weeks after Van Johnson ("Ted Randall") began shooting his scenes, he was critically injured in an automobile accident on 31 March 1943; the next day, MGM announced they would replace him---reportedly with either John Hodiak or Peter Lawford.