Kilroy Was Here (1947)

Directed by

Phil Karlson

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 10m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two former child stars play themselves as veterans coming home after World War II. They get into a series of comedic misunderstandings and adventures.

lightheartedplayfulnostalgicbreezycomedicwhimsicaleasygoing

What happens

Kilroy Was Here is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Phil Karlson and written by Dick Irving Hyland. The film stars Jackie Cooper, Jackie Coogan, Wanda McKay, Frank Jenks, Norman Phillips Jr. and Rand Brooks. It was released on July 19, 1947 by Monogram Pictures. A promotional angle for this film and its sequel, French Leave, was the pairing of two former child stars with similar names. Coogan had been a child star in the 1920s while Cooper was a child star of the 1930s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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