Abroad with Two Yanks

Abroad with Two Yanks (1944)

Two roaring Romeos who thought even the dames were on lend lease!

Biff and Jeff, two American G.I.'s on furlough in Australia during The Second World War, are enjoying their time the way most soldiers on leave do. When they meet the beautiful Joyce, however, they both fall head over heels for her, and start competing for her attentions. As their R&R time begins to run out, the schemes they each come up with to win her affection and foil the other's plans to do the same become more and more outrageous.

Date of release
1944-08-04
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Allan Dwan

Casting

Interesting facts

Abroad 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.

Production

The film was originally announced as one of Hal Roach's Streamliners titled Yanks Down Under starring William Bendix. Due to Hal Roach's contract for filming training films for the American Army, the film and Bendix's commitment to it was sold to producer Edward Small with Roach employee Fred Guiol to be credited as a producer. The film was the end of Roach's arrangement with United Artists.

In November 1943 the project was with Edward Small and was called Waltzing Matilda. William Bendix and Dennis O'Keefe were attached to star. The film was to be the second in a two-film contract between O'Keefe and Small, the first being Up in Mabel's Room.

According to United Artists' company records the film was called Yank Down Under and was made under a one-pucture deal with Bendix and "the company felt it would be a good low bracket picture with general audience appeal. It was the unanimous consensus of the stockholders that Mr. Smali's name should not appear on the picture, but that it should be presented by some corporation other than Mr. Small."

The title was eventually changed to Abroad with Two Yanks. Small later said he mainly bought the story because this title was so appealing.

In January 1944 Edward Small announced the film would be his next for United Artists. Lou Beslow and John Twist were writing the script and Lew Seiler was borrowed from 20th Century Fox to direct. However, by February Allan Dwan, who had just made Up in Mabel's Room for Small, had been signed to direct

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