Kilroy Was Here (1947)
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Synopsis of Kilroy Was Here
The popular wartime catchphrase "Kilroy Was Here" was affixed to this minor campus comedy. Jackie Cooper plays peripatetic ex-sailor John J. Kilroy, who is assumed to be the Kilroy. Once John finds himself in college on the GI bill, he finds that his fame is also a curse: none of the "right" people want anything to do with him because of his WW2 notoriety. Even worse, John insists upon retaining his friendship with navy buddy Pappy Collins (Jackie Coogan), a "lowly" cabdriver. By film's end, of course, Kilroy and Collins have washed their hands of the campus snobs, but not before several slapsticky complications. At the time of its release, Kilroy Was Here was exploited on the basis of its teaming of former child stars Cooper and Coogan, who work together quite well consider the material they're given. Not unlike 1946's Snafu, Kilroy Was Here ran into some censorship trouble because of the sexual connotations of its inspiration (a line drawing of a face, with a phallic nose resting between two ball-shaped cheeks!) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Kilroy Was Here
- Jackie Cooper - John J. Kilroy
- Frank Jenks - Butch Miller
- Barton Yarborough - Prof. Shepherd
- Patti Brill - Marge Connors
- Joe Forte - Registrar
- Sid Melton - 3rd Cab Driver
- Norman Phillips - Elmer Hatch
- Wanda McKay - Connie Harcourt
- Rand Brooks - Rodney Meadows
- Frank Scannell - 1st Cab Driver
- Robert Coogan - 1st Soldier
- Allen Mathews - 2nd Cab Driver
- Pat Goldin - Waiter
- Jackie Coogan - Pappy Collins
- Director(s):
- Phil Karlson
- Writer(s):
- Louis Quinn, Dick I.Hyland
- Producer(s):
- Sidney Luft, Dick I.Hyland
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