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1952 film by Richard Quine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sound Off is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Richard Quine and starring Mickey Rooney, Anne James, John Archer and Gordon Jones. The film was shot in August 1951 in SuperCinecolor for Columbia Pictures.[1]
| Sound Off | |
|---|---|
Original film poster | |
| Directed by | Richard Quine |
| Written by | Blake Edwards Richard Quine |
| Produced by | Jonie Taps |
| Starring | Mickey Rooney Anne James John Archer |
| Cinematography | Ellis W. Carter |
| Edited by | Charles Nelson |
| Music by | Morris Stoloff |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
This was the first of a three-picture contract between Rooney and producer Jonie Taps for Columbia, in which Rooney was paid $75,000 for each picture. It is also the first collaboration between Richard Quine, Blake Edwards and Dick Crockett. The same team next collaborated with Rooney in the Navy in All Ashore made the following year. The three worked together again on Rooney's television series The Mickey Rooney Show/Hey, Mulligan in 1954–55.[2] Their final film in the Columbia contract was the black and white crime drama Drive a Crooked Road.
The film's title comes from the military cadence by Willie Lee Duckworth[3] that was a major 1951 chart hit for Vaughn Monroe.
An obnoxious nightclub comedian at Ciro's is drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War. At his arrival at his basic training he meets a WAC Lieutenant and romantically pursues her. His activities irritate his drill sergeant and the entire army when he goes AWOL (Absent Without Official Leave) for her. He is imprisoned and sentenced to thirty days hard labour that turns him into a soldier. Then he is shipped overseas to join the Special Services.
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