What Next, Corporal Hargrove? Explained

What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
Director:Richard Thorpe
Producer:George Haight
Screenplay:Harry Kurnitz
Starring:Robert Walker
Keenan Wynn
Jean Porter
Music:David Snell
Cinematography:Henry Sharp
Editing:Albert Akst
Distributor:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Runtime:95 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English
Gross:$2,250,000 (US rentals)[1]

What Next, Corporal Hargrove? is a 1945 black-and-white comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Walker and Keenan Wynn. It was distributed by MGM and produced by George Haight. Harry Kurnitz received an Oscar nomination for his original screenplay, What Next, Corporal Hargrove?, for this follow-up to the 1944 hit See Here, Private Hargrove.[2]

Plot

U.S. artillery corporal Marion Hargrove finds himself at large in wartime France with wheeler-dealer pal Pvt. Thomas Mulvehill. Inadvertently detached from their outfit, Hargrove and Mulvehill wander into a French village, where they're lauded as conquering heroes by the populace.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Variety (January 1947). September 1, 1947. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 1, 2019. Internet Archive.
  2. Web site: What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (1945) - Articles - TCM.com. Turner Classic Movies.
  3. Web site: What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (1945) - Richard Thorpe - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie. AllMovie.