A Guy Named Joe

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World War II film film romantic fantasy film

A Guy Named Joe is a 1943 World War II romantic fantasy film about a deceased pilot who returns as a guardian spirit to mentor a younger aviator while struggling with his lingering love for his former girlfriend.

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A Guy Named Joe canonical 10
A Guy Named Joe fictional universe 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II film ⓘ
film ⓘ
romantic fantasy film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
castMember Esther Williams ⓘ
Henry Travers ⓘ
Irene Dunne ⓘ
James Gleason ⓘ
Lionel Barrymore ⓘ
Spencer Tracy ⓘ
Van Johnson ⓘ
Ward Bond ⓘ
cinematographer Harold Rosson ⓘ
colorProcess black-and-white ⓘ
composer Herbert Stothart ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Victor Fleming ⓘ
distributedInFormat theatrical film ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editor George Boemler ⓘ
era Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
filmingStudio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
surface form: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios
genre fantasy film ⓘ
romance film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
hasRemake Always ⓘ
leadActor Irene Dunne ⓘ
Spencer Tracy ⓘ
mainCharacter Dorinda Durston ⓘ
Pete Sandidge ⓘ
Ted Randall ⓘ
narrativeLocation England ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
surface form: Pacific theater of World War II
notableFor blend of wartime drama, romance, and supernatural fantasy ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A deceased pilot returns as a guardian spirit to mentor a younger aviator while struggling with his lingering love for his former girlfriend. ⓘ
producer Victor Fleming ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
releaseDate 1943-12-23 ⓘ
releaseYear 1943 ⓘ
remadeAs Always ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 120 ⓘ
screenwriter Dalton Trumbo ⓘ
Frederick Hazlitt Brennan ⓘ
settingPeriod World War II ⓘ
storyBy Frederick Hazlitt Brennan ⓘ
targetAudience general audience ⓘ

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Victor Fleming → directed → A Guy Named Joe ⓘ
Always → basedOn → A Guy Named Joe ⓘ
Dorinda Durston → roleInWork → A Guy Named Joe ⓘ
Dorinda Durston → workTitle → A Guy Named Joe ⓘ
Ted Randall → appearsIn → A Guy Named Joe ⓘ
Ted Randall → hasFictionalUniverse → A Guy Named Joe ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Guy Named Joe fictional universe
Van Johnson → notableWork → A Guy Named Joe ⓘ
Pete Sandidge → appearsIn → A Guy Named Joe ⓘ
Pete Sandidge → createdForWork → A Guy Named Joe ⓘ
Always (1989 film) → basedOn → A Guy Named Joe ⓘ
George J. Folsey → notableWork → A Guy Named Joe ⓘ