
Movie · comedy
Wake Me When It's Over
1960 · 2h 6m
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What is it about? Wake Me When It's Over
The war may be over, but that doesn't keep the hapless Gus Brubaker from being drafted and posted on a forgotten little Japanese Island...and that's just the beginning of this wacky Air Force adventure!
Genre: comedy.
Cast and crew Wake Me When It's Over
AllCreators
- Directed byMervyn LeRoy
- ScreenplayRichard L. Breen
- Based on the novel byHoward Singer
- MusicCyril J. Mockridge
- CinematographyLeon Shamroy
- EditingAaron Stell
Full cast and crew87 cast members, 7 crew
Cast:
- Ernie Kovacs · Charlie Stark
- Margo Moore · Nora McKay
- Jack Warden · Doc
- Nobu McCarthy · Ume Tanaka
- Dick Shawn · Gus Brubaker
- Don Knotts · Percy Warren
- Robert Strauss · Sam Weiscoff
- Noreen Nash · Marge Brubaker
- Parley Baer · Archie Hollingsworth
- Robert Emhardt · Joab Matinson
- Marvin Kaplan · Hap Cosgrove
- Tommy Nishimura · Jim Harigawa
- Raymond Bailey · General Weigang
- Robert Burton · Colonel Dowling
- Frank Behrens · Major Bigelow
- Linda Wong · Kaiko Shigata
- Caroline Richter · Hollingsworth
- Bess Flowers · in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
- Ollie O'Toole · NBC Commentator (uncredited)
- Paul Comi · Malcolm Bressler (uncredited)
- Sid Tomack · Sam (uncredited)
- Michael Quinn · John Guevara (uncredited)
- Byron Morrow · Horace Tillman (uncredited)
- Alex Gerry · Attorney Arnold (uncredited)
- Tommy Farrell · Smitty (uncredited)
- Ralph Dumke · Senator Gillespie (uncredited)
- Richard Tyler · William Pincus (uncredited)
- Budd Albright · Miami Waiter (uncredited)
- David Bedell · Arthur Finch (uncredited)
- Paul Bradley · Doctor in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
- Jim Bridges · Badminton Player (uncredited)
- Jane Chang · Maid (uncredited)
- Owen Cunningham · Geoffrey Schmitt (uncredited)
- Judy Dan · Geisha Girl (uncredited)
- George DeNormand · Officer in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
- Don Doolittle · Lookout (uncredited)
- George Dunn · Staff Photographer (uncredited)
- Joy Durden · WAC (uncredited)
- Robert Ellis · Corporal (uncredited)
- Franklyn Farnum · Pentagon Officer (uncredited)
Crew:
- Mervyn LeRoy · Director
- Mervyn LeRoy · Producer
- Aaron Stell · Editor
- Leon Shamroy · Director of Photography
- Richard L. Breen · Writer
- Howard Singer · Novel
- Cyril J. Mockridge · Original Music Composer
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Details Wake Me When It's Over

- First theatrical release
- June 10, 1960
- Release in the US
- June 10, 1960
- Country
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- Mervyn LeRoy Productions Inc., 20th Century Fox
Frequently asked questions
How long is Wake Me When It's Over?
2h 6m (126 minutes).
Who’s in Wake Me When It's Over?
Ernie Kovacs, Margo Moore, Jack Warden, Nobu McCarthy, Dick Shawn, Don Knotts, Robert Strauss, Noreen Nash, Parley Baer, and Robert Emhardt. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
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