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Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)
96 min. (Feature Film)
It's 1944, and Brendan Byers III (Jerry Lewis) is the richest man in the world, bored by life until he receives a new challenge... his draft notice. Labeled 4-F, he joins with three other medical washouts, Sid Hackle (Jan Murray), Peter Bland (Steve Franken) and Terry Love (Dack Rambo), to train as their own commando unit and invade Europe in Byers' yacht. Along with Byers' chauffeur and butler, the small band of mercenaries decide to break the stalemated Italian front at Anzio. Byers is a dead ringer for the Nazi commander in Italy, Field Marshal Erik Kesselring, and our heroes infiltrate his chalet, eliminate Kesselring and his SS guards, and take their place.
US forces suspect a trap when the Italian and German forces retreat under the "new" Kesselring's orders, and refuse to advance. But the commandos' plans take a favorable turn of events when Field Marshal Von Budweiser (Benny Rubin) arrives, and "Kesselring" learns that he's the German Chief of Staff's inside man in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
Joe Besser has a small role as an Army Sergeant.
Character actor Sidney Miller ('Adolf Hitler') had a career behind the camera, and directed The Three Stooges in THE THREE STOOGES SCRAPBOOK (1960). As a child actor, he appeared with Ted Healy in THE BAND PLAYS ON (1934).
Look for Stooge supporting players Benny Rubin, Kenneth MacDonald, Myron Healey, Milton Frome, Norman Leavitt and Paul Winchell.
Jerry Lewis
Brendan Byers III / Field Marshal Erik Kesselring
Jan Murray
Sid Hackle
Steve Franken
Peter Bland
Dack Rambo
Terry Love
John Wood
Finkel
Willie Davis
Lincoln
Sidney Miller
Adolf Hitler
William O'Connell
Mr. Prescott
Milton Frome
Mr. Baylick
Norman Leavitt
Mr. Benson
Damian London
Executive
Walter Kray
Executive
Myron Healey
Army Major doctor
Michael Ross
Induction Sergeant
Mike Mazurki
Rocky
Henry Corden
Lucky
Robert Carricart
Gangster
Bobo Lewis
Camille Bland
Kathleen Freeman
Bland's mother
Susan Evans
Pregnant girl
Gilchrist Stuart
Mr. Firestone
George Takei
Capt. Yamashita
Robert Middleton
Mr. Colonico
Danny Dayton
Man in car
Tony Regan
Butler
Tricia Young
Girl on yacht
Toni Moss
Girl on yacht
Bonnie Emerson
Girl on yacht
Hallie Bowes
Girl on yacht
Pam Smith
Girl on yacht
Leona Early
Girl on yacht
Nancy Bonniwell
Girl on yacht
Vincent Van Lynn
Cmdr. Hauptmann
Martin Kosleck
Capt. Schmidt
Robert Carson
Capt. Overman
Joe Besser
Dock master Sergeant
Bob Lauher
Sgt. Koivel
Harold J. Stone
General Buck
Danny Klega
1st checkpoint guard
King Moody
2nd checkpoint guard
Rick Traeger
Checkpoint soldier
Mickey Manners
SS guard
Artie Lewis
SS guard
Karl Lukas
SS guard
Larry Anthony
SS guard
Mel Novak
SS guard
Gary Crosby
SS guard
Paul Winchell
Capt. Schroeder
Joe E. Tata
Schroeder's aide
Roy Gleason
Pvt. Erich Linhoffer
Ron Lewis
Lt. Hans Levitch
Fritz Feld
Gen. Von Runstadt
Frank Mitchell
German officer
John Nolan
German officer
Henry Slate
German officer
Kaye Ballard
Senora Messina
William Wellman Jr.
Sgt. Mosgrove
Neil Hamilton
Pentagon Chief of Staff
Kenneth MacDonald
Pentagon Navy Admiral
Herb Vigran
Pentagon Army General
Olan Soule
Pentagon General
Jay Jostyn
Pentagon Navy Admiral
Ralph Montgomery
Pentagon Army officer
Benny Rubin
Field Marshal Von Budweiser
Doodles Weaver
Von Pabst
Art Passarella
Von Heinekin
Roland La Starza
Von Busch
Eddie Shaeffer
Von Schlitz
Brad Logan
Bunker SS guard
Jimmy Joyce
Adm. Von Schlegel
Bob Harvey
Hitler aide with Balkan plans
Med Flory
G. I. Sgt. in POW camp
David Landfield
G. I. Cpl. in POW camp
Jerry Fujikawa
Japanese Naval officer
Teru Shimada
Japanese Naval officer
Clarence Lung
Japanese Naval officer
Richard Loo
Japanese Naval officer
Vincent Barbi
SS officer
Sandy Dvore
SS officer
Nicky Blair
SS officer
Ted Sizemore
SS officer
Lew Brown
Officer
Joe Scott
German officer
Irving Benson
German officer
Robert May
German soldier
Carl Saxe
German guard
Harry Hollins
German guard
Carl Saxe
stunts
Paul Nuckles
stunts
Roger Creed
stunts
Carey Loftin
stunts
Chuck O'Brien
stunts
Orwin C. Harvey
stunts
Timothy Blake
Maid, scene deleted
Stephanie Mann
Maid, scene deleted
Carol Andreson
Maid, scene deleted
Larry J. Blake
Engineer, scene deleted
George DeNormand
Engineer, scene deleted
Harry Hauss
Pilot, scene deleted
Byron Kane
Stage announcer, scene deleted
David Lipp
Rumson, scene deleted
Harry Morton
Von Block, scene deleted
Unidentified WHICH WAY TO THE FRONT? 1
Terry's wife
Unidentified WHICH WAY TO THE FRONT? 2
Terry's girlfriend
Unidentified WHICH WAY TO THE FRONT? 3
Cpl. Otto Grouse
Unidentified WHICH WAY TO THE FRONT? 5
Commissary
Unidentified WHICH WAY TO THE FRONT? 7
Naples port
Unidentified WHICH WAY TO THE FRONT? 8
Checkpoint guard
Unidentified WHICH WAY TO THE FRONT? 9
German officer
Unidentified WHICH WAY TO THE FRONT? 10
Pentagon officers
Unidentified WHICH WAY TO THE FRONT? 11
German soldiers
Unidentified WHICH WAY TO THE FRONT? 13
Fat Hitler officer
Unidentified WHICH WAY TO THE FRONT? 14
Hitler officers
Unidentified WHICH WAY TO THE FRONT? 15
Girls on yacht
Jerry Lewis
Director
Joe E. Stabile
Executive Producer
Jerry Lewis
Producer
Dee Caruso
Story and Screenplay
Gerald Gardner
Story and Screenplay
Dick Miller
Story
W. Wallace Kelley
Director of Photography
Russel Wiles
Film Editor
John Beckman
Production Designer
Ralph S. Hurst
Set Decorator
Al Overton
Sound
Louis Y. Brown
Music Composer and Conductor
Sonny Burke
Music Supervisor
Pete King
Music
Tommy Tedesco
Music
Dan Wallin
Score Mixer
Guy C. Verhille
Costume Design
Fred Williams
Makeup
Jack Stone
Makeup
Hal Bell
Assistant Director
Russell Saunders
Production Manager
Dick Johnson
Camera Operator
Kyme Meade
Camera Operator
Michael S. McLean
Assistant Film Editor
Bob Harvey
Assistant to the Producer
Mike Romersa
Assistant to the Producer
Carl Manoogian
Key Grip
Ralph Webb
Special Effects
Richard M. Rubin
Property Master
Hazel W. Hall
Script Supervisor
Don Record
Title Designer
Bernie Abramson
Still Photography
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