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| Director: Victor Fleming
Actors: Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Ward Bond, James Gleason
Studio: MGM (Warner)
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 2111
Format: Black & White, Full Screen, Hifi Sound, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Published)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 121 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6301969162
UPC: 027616138033
EAN: 9786301969161
ASIN: 6301969162
Theatrical Release Date: March 1944
Release Date: September 1, 1998
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 "Girl clothes! From London! You bought me girl clothes!" October 8, 2008
Karen Joan (Texas)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A GUY NAMED JOE is a wonderful, old-fashioned, patriotic film made in 1944 during WWII. Starring Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Ward Bond, and Lionel Barrymore, A GUY NAMED JOE is the story of Pete (Tracy), a hot shot bomber pilot, who dies when he purposefully crashes his disabled plane into a German aircraft carrier. Dorinda (Dunne), Pete's girl friend and a pilot with the Women's Air Ferrying Corps, is devastated, especially since she has just convinced Pete to take a safer assignment stateside teaching new recruits how to fly. In Heaven, which looks remarkably like an Army airfield only with soft, fluffy, white clouds on the ground, "The Commanding General" (Barrymore) makes Pete a guardian angel to Ted Randall (Johnson), a young, unsure Army pilot. Pete invisibly helps Ted through flight training and combat. Ted eventually picks of some of Pete's quirks and style, becoming quite a hot shot pilot himself. Of course, he eventually meets and falls in love with Dorinda, making Pete very jealous. Dorinda is still devoted to Pete's memory, but she, too, eventually falls for Ted. In the end, however, Pete lets Dorinda go, saving Dorinda, Ted, and even his own soul.
This sweet, sentimental film combines the war genre with romantic fantasy. Directed by Victor Fleming and written by Dalton Trumbo, the script is wry and witty with both Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne delivering some great lines (hence the title of this review). Tracy, Dunne, and Johnson are all believable in their respective roles as well as what you expect them to be as actors. Barrymore is classic as "The Commanding General," and I loved Ward Bond as Pete and Dorinda's best friend. Considering this was filmed in 1944, the special effects are admirable and what you would expect from that era. Apparently, there are several inaccuracies in this film (e.g. there weren't any German aircraft carriers in WWII), but I simply did not care.
A GUY NAME JOE is a terrific choice for a pleasant, sappy, nostalgic evening at home. You may need a hanky in a few spots. But watching this classic film, both my husband and I found smiles on our faces for most of the evening.
Side notes: There is no character named Joe in this film. At the beginning some hero-worshipping kids explain that pilots in the Army Air Corps call any "right fellow" Joe. Also, A GUY NAMED JOE was remade in 1989 by Steven Spielberg as the movie ALWAYS.
i search this movie for more time April 25, 1999
lsj525376@ctv.es (From Catalonia)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'd like to buy this movie "A guy named Joe" but have a problem. It's no available by the PAL system,usually in Spain. Can you help me to buy a copy in this system. Thanks for all.
A Bit Sad but a Well Done Movie! October 11, 2000
S. J. Deal (NY)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A Guy Named Joe was a well done movie! There are some some very sad parts (e.g Pete Dies in Air Mission). Pete becomes an Angel who guides young piolits on there missions. Pete becomes jealous at first, but things work out in the end. (Don't ask me why its not called A Guy Named Pete)
 What airplae stuff July 30, 2006
Guy W. Blakeley
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought the P-38s were great. I know the special effects were not up to current par, but the moview was made ove sixty years ago. I thought the acting was very good.
This movie was made for 1943, not 1989 August 1, 2007
I. B. Thinking (Virginia, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Trying to directly compare this movie, made in 1943, with "Always", made in 1989, is not really fair. In 1943 we were at war and movies were often designed to support our war efforts, as well as entertain. Both are love stories, but written and directed for different times and different audiences. For those of us around in 1943, it is easy to understand and appreciate movies from that era, while also enjoying pictures of a more recent making, from the perspective the time they are made. My advice to younger viewers, is to think of "A Guy Named Joe" as a well acted and emotional, love and war story, as well as an insight into entertainment during the war years
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