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Abroad with Two Yanks is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Allan Dwan released in USA on 4 august 1944 with William Bendix
Abroad with Two Yanks (1944)
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Add to a movie listAbroad with Two Yanks is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Helen Walker, William Bendix and Dennis O'Keefe as the title characters. It was Bendix's third and final role in a film as a US Marine and the first of Dwan's three films about the United States Marine Corps.
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Arriving in Australia after the Battle of Guadalcanal, two Flagg and Quirt type American Marines compete with each other by stealing the other's Australian girlfriend. Their intense rivalry leads to their arrest and escape from confinement dressed as women.Actors
William Bendix
(Biff Koraski)
Dennis O'Keefe
(Jeff Reardon)
Helen Walker
(Joyce Stuart)
John Loder
(Aussie Sgt. Cyril North)
James Flavin
(Sgt. Wiggins)
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