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  • Director: John Rawlins
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: War
  • Movie Type: Propaganda Film, War Drama
  • Main Cast: Richard Quine, Noah Beery, Jr., Anne Gwynne, Martha O'Driscoll, Edgar Barrier
  • Release Year: 1943
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 103 minutes

Plot

This patriotic WW II-era bit of anti-Japanese propaganda centers on a white Texas college student who becomes such good friends with Japanese students on campus that he goes to their country after he is wrongfully accused of being a traitor. All this happened before the U.S. declared war on Japan. After the war begins, the fellow willingly makes pro-Japanese radio broadcasts. Fortunately, the fellow turns out to be a red-blooded American boy through and through and thanks to him, the Japanese are rendered helpless by the end of the film. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

William Frawley - Fat Man; Harry Davenport - "Pop" Lambert; Dean Benton; William Blees; Dick Chandlee; Franco Corsaro - Italian Mentor; Alfredo De Sa - Fortunio Tavares; Paul Dubov; Jack Edwards - Student; John Forrest; Roland Got - Kazuo Matsui; Alex Havier - Japanese Sniper; Samuel S. Hinds - Col. Jason Craig; Dan Jackson; John James; Allen Jung - Kubo; Paul Langton - Brad Craig; Kenneth MacDonald - Captain; Sammy McKim; Bud McTaggart - Chip Goodwin; Robert Mitchum - Panhandle Mitchell; Mantan Moreland - Willie; Moroni Olsen - Col. J. Armstrong; George Putnam - Announcer; Bill Stern - Himself; David Street; Frank Tang - Yoshida; Bill Walker - Shotgun; Philip Warren - Soldier; Bruce Wong - Japanese Messenger; Ward Wood; Henry Hall - Conductor; Cliff Robertson - Adams; Roger Daniel; Walter Bonn - German Mentor; Michael Towne; Beal Wong - Japanese Mentor; Herbert Gunn; William Lechner; Bob Lowell; Don McGill; Jack Ray; Gordon Wynne - Hank James; Michael Moore

Credit

Alexander Golitzen - Art Director, John B. Goodman - Art Director, John Rawlins - Director, Phil Cahn - Editor, Frank Skinner - Composer (Music Score), Charles Previn - Musical Direction/Supervision, Harry Revel - Songwriter, Paul Francis Webster - Songwriter, Milton Krasner - Cinematographer, Walter Wanger - Producer, Nick Grinde - Screenwriter, Norman Reilly Raine - Screenwriter
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We've Never Been Licked
Directed by John Rawlins
Produced by Walter Wanger
Written by Nick Grinde, Norman Reilly Raine
Starring Richard Quine
Noah Beery, Jr.
Anne Gwynne
Martha O'Driscoll
Robert Mitchum
Distributed by Universal
Release date(s) 30 August 1943
Running time 103 min
Country USA
Language English

We've Never Been Licked (1943) is a World War II propaganda film produced by Walter Wanger and released by United Artists. Parts of the movie were shot on location at the Texas A&M University campus. Released in the UK under the title, "Texas to Tokyo"; re-released in the US under "Fighting Command".[1][2][3]

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Synopsis

Army brat Brad Craig enters A&M with a chip on his shoulder which upperclassmen quickly knock off. Once adjusted, Craig falls in love with a professor's beautiful daughter, only to find she is in love with his roommate. In the meantime, Craig unwittingly associates with Japanese spies (one played by William Frawley of I Love Lucy) bent on stealing a secret chemical compound developed in the A&M Chemistry Department. Craig is drummed out of the Corps for being a suspected accomplice to the spies, but he then bravely infiltrates the spy network to sabotage the Japanese war effort.[4] Many A&M traditions are referenced in this film.

Cast

[Credited]

Actor        Role
Richard Quine ... Brad Craig[5] 
Anne Gwynne ... Nina Lambert 
Noah Beery Jr. ... Cyanide Jenkins 
Martha O'Driscoll ... Deede Dunham[2] 
William Frawley ... Traveling Salesman 
Edgar Barrier ... Nishikawa 
Robert Mitchum ... Panhandle Mitchell[6] 
Bill Stern ... Himself 
Mantan Moreland ... Willie 
William Blees ... Student 
Harry Davenport ... Pop Lambert 
Alfredo DeSa ... Fortuno Tavares 
Roland Got ... Matsui 
Samuel S. Hinds ... Col. Jason Craig 
Allen Jung ... Kubo 
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart ... Chip Goodwin 
Moroni Olsen ... Commandant 
George Putnam ...  Army Hour Announcer

[Uncredited][7][8]

Dean Benton ... Captain 
Walter Bonn ... German Mentor  
Kendall Bryson ... Deck Officer  
Dick Chandlee ... Student  
Franco Corsaro ... Italian Mentor  
Roger Daniel ... Student  
Paul Dubov ... Student 
Jack Edwards Jr. ... Student 
John Forrest ... Student 
John Frazer ... Flight Commander  
Herbert Gunn ... Student 
Richard Gunn ... Officer 
Henry Hall ... Conductor  
Alex Havier ... Japanese Sniper  
Danny Jackson ... Student  
John James ... Senior student 
Paul Langton ... Naval Officer  
Billy Lechner ... Student  
Bob Lowell ... Student  
Kenneth MacDonald ... Captain  
Don McGill ... Operator  
Sammy McKim ... Senior student  
Michael Moore ... Student 
Dick Morris ... Student 
Bill Nash ... Student 
Jack Ray ... Student  
Cliff Robertson ... Adams[9] 
Henry Rogers ... Student 
William Ruhl ... Soldier 
David Street ... Student  
Frank Tang ... Yoshida 
Michael Towne ... Student  
William Walker ... Shotgun  
Phil Warren ...  Soldier  
Byron Winstead ... Radio Commentator
Beal Wong ... Japanese Mentor  
Ward Wood ... Student  
Gordon Wynn ... Hank James  
Willie Zapalec ... Football Player

References

  1. ^ Emovieposter.com - Image Archive - TEXAS TO TOKYO ( Aust daybill)
  2. ^ a b Martha O'Driscoll
  3. ^ Paul Webster Biography - Yahoo! Movies
  4. ^ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9503E0DD103CEE3BBC4152DFBE668388659EDE
  5. ^ Richard Quine at Hollywood.com
  6. ^ Robert Mitchum - Films as actor:
  7. ^ We've Never Been Licked (1943) Full Credits
  8. ^ We've Never Been Licked (1943) - Full cast and crew
  9. ^ Cliff Robertson - Films as actor:, Films as director:

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