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Film Matinee: Wake Me When It's Over

on BBC One London

Starring Ernie Kovacs, Margo Moore, Jack Warden, Nobu McCarthy and Dick Shawn

A group of lonely and bored GIs posted to a desolate Pacific island decide to build a luxury hotel by the imaginative use of surplus war material.
American comedian Dick Shawn makes his film debut as the enterprising reservist whose hilarious activities turn the island into a toutist mecca - until Washington steps in! Mervyn Leroy's 1960 production introduces a host of new Hollywood talent including Ernie Kovacs as the brash cigar-smoking co.

(This Week's Films: page 9)

Contributors

Producer/Director:
Mervyn Leroy
Captain Stark:
Ernie Kovacs
Lt Nora McKay:
Margo Moore
Doc Farrington:
Jack Warden
Ume:
Nobu McCarthy
Gus Brubaker:
Dick Shawn
Sgt Warren:
Don Knotts
Sam Weiscoff:
Robert Strauss
Marge:
Noreen Nash
Col Hollingsworth:
Parley Baer
Joab Martinson:
Robert Emhardt

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