Wake Me When It's Over (1960)

USA, 126 min
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Basic facts

Original title Wake Me When It's Over
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 11
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1961-01-20

Cast

Ernie Kovacs
kapten Charlie Stark

Dick Shawn
Gus Brubaker

Margo Moore
löjtnant Nora McKay

Jack Warden
kapten Dave Farrington

Nobu McCarthy
Ume

Don Knotts
sergeant Warren

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Titles

Original title
  • Wake Me When It's Over
Swedish release title
  • Operation Geisha
Distribution title
  • Unrasiert und fern der Heimat (Västtyskland/Österrike)
  • L'île des sans soucis (Frankrike)
  • Riemuhotelli (Finland)
  • Skandale i Stillehavet (Danmark)
  • Svegliami quando è finito (Italien)

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Special Photographic Effects
Conductor
Orchestration
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist

Cast

Ernie Kovacs kapten Charlie Stark
Dick Shawn Gus Brubaker
Margo Moore löjtnant Nora McKay
Jack Warden kapten Dave Farrington
Nobu McCarthy Ume
Don Knotts sergeant Warren
Robert Strauss Sam Weiscoff
Noreen Nash Marge Brubaker
Parley Baer överste Hollingsworth
Robert Emhardt Joab Martinson
Marvin Kaplan Hap Cosgrove
Richard Tyler löjtnant William Pincus
Tommy Nishimura menige Jim Harigawa
Raymond Bailey general Weigang
Robert Burton överste Dowling
Frank Behrens major Bigelow
Linda Wong Kaiko
Caroline Richter Mrs. Hollingsworth
- Ej krediterade:
Bob Peoples (as Robert Peoples) Connorton
Ron Hargrave hawaiiansk sångare
David Bedell kapten Arthur Finch
Jay Jostyn överste Mulhern
Byron Morrow major Horace Tillman
Michael Quinn kapten John Guevara
Owen Cunningham överste Geoffrey Schmitt
Richard Tyler löjtnant William Pincus
Rachel Stephens receptionist
Sid Tomack kassör
Gretchen Voeth Anita
Mike Moll Harlow
John Erwin löjtnant
Michael Granger sergeant
John Melfi korpral
Robert Ellis korpral
Ralph Reed korpral
Eugene McCarthy Mike, korpral
Tommy Farrell Smitty
Page Slattery vakt
Jeffrey Sayre reporter
Thomas Browne Henry general
Roy Engel general från Pentagon
Carleton Young radarinstruktör
Eric Morris radarstudent
David Whorf radarstudent
Alex Gerry Arnold, advokat
Bill Mullikin kassachef
Scott Peters Hagejos
Jane Chang hembiträde
Don Doolittle utkik
Gregg Martell flottchef
William Stevens jungman
Shichizo Takeda japansk affärsinnehavare
Kay Kona flicka i fönster
Chiyoko Tota Baker (as Chiyoko Tota) flicka i fönster
Jimmy Murphy Reagan
Jim Bridges badmintonspelare
George Dunn stabsfotograf
Ashley Cowan Greiner
Faith Higurashi japansk flicka
Kazuko Nagao japansk flicka
Joanne Miyamoto japansk flicka
Emi Ikemoto japansk flicka
June Kawai japansk flicka
Fumi Nakano japansk flicka
Anabella Kai japansk flicka
Nancy Akihoshi japansk flicka
Helen Takahashi japansk flicka
Tomi Furukawa japansk flicka
Kathy Muto japansk flicka
Amy Hiroshige japansk flicka
Larry Thor tv-man
Mike Mahoney marinchef
Alan Reynolds marinchef
Tom Malone ABC-kommentator
Ollie O'Toole NBC-kommentator
Sondi Sodsai geisha
Miki Kato geisha
Judy Dan geisha
Nancy Millard lotta (WAC)
Joy Durden lotta (WAC)
Mary Foran stor kvinna
Yashi Muneko kammarjungfru
Paul von Schreiber hotelluppassare
Darlene Tompkins flicka i bikini
Quon Gong äldre kinesisk far
Paul Comi löjtnant Bressler
Jock Gaynor nyanländ
Vin Scully nyhetsuppläsare för CBS
Linda Hutchings flicka
Nina Shipman flicka
Ralph Dumke senator Gillespie
Franklyn Farnum Pentagonofficer
Bess Flowers kvinna på hotellet
Rollin Moriyama Tanaka
Leon Tyler ordonnans

Companies

Production Company Mervyn LeRoy Productions Inc.
Copyright Mervyn LeRoy Productions Inc. 1960-04-08 LP16408
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Fox Film 1961

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 95876
Date 1960-05-06
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 3460 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Westrex Sound Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system DeLuxe Color
Carrier type 35 mm
Length in metres 3460 meter
Length in minutes 126 min


Original work

Original title Wake Me When It's Over (Novel)
Author Howard Singer


Production location

1959-10-22 1959-12
Catalina Island, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1960-04-08 New York City, New York USA 126 min
Release in Sweden 1961-01-20 Riviera Stockholm Sweden 126 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title Wake Me When It's Over
Composer Jimmy Van Heusen (1960)
Lyrics Sammy Cahn (1960)
Singer Andy Williams


Original title Chant of Shima
Composer Tak Shindo
Lyrics Tak Shindo


Original title Should I?
Composer Nacio Herb Brown (1930)
Lyrics Arthur Freed (1930)


Original title You Make Me Feel So Young
Composer Josef Myrow (1946)
Lyrics Mack Gordon (1946)


Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3188


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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