A Guy Named Joe

E26287

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.

Statements (47)

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 →
director	Victor Fleming →
distributedInFormat	theatrical film →
distributor	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer →
editor	George Boemler →
era	Golden Age of Hollywood →
filmingStudio	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 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 →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Victor Fleming →	directed