Directed by:
Kurt NeumannScreenplay:
Eugene ConradComposer:
Edward WardCast:
William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Jean Porter, Marjorie Lord, Margaret Dumont, Veda Ann Borg, Mike Mazurki, Frank Faylen, Dick Wessel, Charles Lane, Pat Flaherty (more)Plots(1)
No relation to the 1953 musical film of the same title, About Face is a 43 minute Hal Roach "Streamliner." Sgt. Doubleday (William Tracy), the man with the photographic memory, and his former topkick Sgt. Ames (Joe Sawyer), go on a night on the town. After accidentally sparking a barroom brawl, our heroes crash a society party overseen by perennial Marx Brothers foil Margaret Dumont. The evening is capped by a wild car chase. Marjorie Lord and Veda Ann Borg provide the scenic attractions in this old-fashioned slapsticker. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
William Tracy
USA
Best movies:
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Joe Sawyer
Canada
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Gilda (1946)
Jean Porter
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
One Million B.C. (1940)
Marjorie Lord
USA
Best movies:
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
The Pirate (1978) (TV movie)
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966)
Margaret Dumont
USA
Best movies:
A Night at the Opera (1935)
A Day at the Races (1937)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
Veda Ann Borg
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Mike Mazurki
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Frank Faylen
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Dick Wessel
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Charles Lane
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Pat Flaherty
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
James Westerfield
USA
Best movies:
On the Waterfront (1954)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
Eddie Gribbon
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Another Thin Man (1939)
Ralph Dunn
USA
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Jack Lambert
USA
Best movies:
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Bend of the River (1952)
Harold Goodwin
USA
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
The Cameraman (1928)
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
John Berkes
USA
Best movies:
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)