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Hollywood in the Sixties: Wake Me When It's Over

on BBC Two England

Tonight's film in this season of outstanding films of the past 10 years from the movie capital stars Ernie Kovacs, Margo Moore, Jack Warden, Nobu McCarthy, 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 tourist 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.

Contributors

Screenplay:
Richard Breen
From the novel by:
Howard Singer
Produced and directed by:
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

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