Wake Me When It's Over

Duration: 126 min
Release date: 1960-06-10
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The war may be over, but that doesn't keep the hapless Gus Brubaker from being drafted and posted on a forgotten little Japanese Island...and that's just the beginning of this wacky Air Force adventure!

Comedy

Wake Me When It's Over

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Ernie Kovacs
Ernie Kovacs
as Charlie Stark
Margo Moore
Margo Moore
as Nora McKay
Jack Warden
Jack Warden
as Dave 'Doc' Farrington
Nobu McCarthy
Nobu McCarthy
as Ume Tanaka
Dick Shawn
Dick Shawn
as Gus Brubaker
Don Knotts
Don Knotts
as Percy Warren
Robert Strauss
Robert Strauss
as Sam Weiscoff
Noreen Nash
Noreen Nash
as Marge Brubaker
Parley Baer
Parley Baer
as Archie Hollingsworth
Robert Emhardt
Robert Emhardt
as Joab Matinson
Marvin Kaplan
Marvin Kaplan
as Hap Cosgrove
Tommy Nishimura
Tommy Nishimura
as Jim Harigawa
Raymond Bailey
Raymond Bailey
as General Weigang
Robert Burton
Robert Burton
as Colonel Dowling
Frank Behrens
Frank Behrens
as Major Bigelow
Linda Wong
Linda Wong
as Kaiko Shigata
Caroline Richter
Caroline Richter
as Mrs. Hollingsworth
Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers
as Lady in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Ollie O'Toole
Ollie O'Toole
as NBC Commentator (uncredited)
Paul Comi
Paul Comi
as Malcolm Bressler (uncredited)
Sid Tomack
Sid Tomack
as Sam (uncredited)
Michael Quinn
Michael Quinn
as John Guevara (uncredited)
Byron Morrow
Byron Morrow
as Horace Tillman (uncredited)
Alex Gerry
Alex Gerry
as Attorney Arnold (uncredited)
Tommy Farrell
Tommy Farrell
as Smitty (uncredited)
Ralph Dumke
Ralph Dumke
as Senator Gillespie (uncredited)
Richard Tyler
Richard Tyler
as William Pincus (uncredited)
Budd Albright
Budd Albright
as Miami Waiter (uncredited)
David Bedell
David Bedell
as Arthur Finch (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Paul Bradley
as Doctor in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Jim Bridges
Jim Bridges
as Badminton Player (uncredited)
Jane Chang
Jane Chang
as Maid (uncredited)
Ashley Cowan
Ashley Cowan
as Greiner (uncredited)
Owen Cunningham
Owen Cunningham
as Geoffrey Schmitt (uncredited)
Judy Dan
Judy Dan
as Geisha Girl (uncredited)
George DeNormand
George DeNormand
as Officer in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Don Doolittle
Don Doolittle
as Lookout (uncredited)
George Dunn
George Dunn
as Staff Photographer (uncredited)
Joy Durden
Joy Durden
as WAC (uncredited)
Robert Ellis
Robert Ellis
as Corporal (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Franklyn Farnum
as Pentagon Officer (uncredited)
Mary Foran
Mary Foran
as Large Woman (uncredited)
Jock Gaynor
Jock Gaynor
as New Arrival (uncredited)
Richard George
Richard George
as Private Peering Through Window (uncredited)
Quon Gong
Quon Gong
as Elderly Chinese Father (uncredited)
Michael Granger
Michael Granger
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Ron Hargrave
Ron Hargrave
as Hawaiian Singer (uncredited)
Jerry Hausner
Jerry Hausner
as Military Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Thomas Browne Henry
Thomas Browne Henry
as Investigating General #1 (uncredited)
Linda Hutchings
Linda Hutchings
as (uncredited)
Jay Jostyn
Jay Jostyn
as Colonel Mulhern (uncredited)
Miki Kato
Miki Kato
as Geisha Girl (uncredited)
June Kawai
June Kawai
as Japanese Girl (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney
Mike Mahoney
as Naval Commander (uncredited)
Gregg Martell
Gregg Martell
as Navy Chief (uncredited)
Eugene McCarthy
Eugene McCarthy
as Corporal Mike (uncredited)
John Melfi
John Melfi
as Corporal (uncredited)
Nancy Millard
Nancy Millard
as WAC (uncredited)
Rollin Moriyama
Rollin Moriyama
as Tanaka (uncredited)
Eric Morris
Eric Morris
as Radar Student (uncredited)
Bill Mullikin
Bill Mullikin
as Paymaster (uncredited)
Jimmy Murphy
Jimmy Murphy
as Reagan (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
William H. O'Brien
as Pentagon Officer (uncredited)
Bob Peoples
Bob Peoples
as Connorton (uncredited)
Scott Peters
Scott Peters
as Hagejos (uncredited)
Ralph Reed
Ralph Reed
as Corporal (uncredited)
Alan Reynolds
Alan Reynolds
as Naval Commander (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Cosmo Sardo
as Officer at Shima Hotel (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Jeffrey Sayre
as Reporter (uncredited)
Vin Scully
Vin Scully
as CBS Newscaster (uncredited)
Nina Shipman
Nina Shipman
as (uncredited)
Page Slattery
Page Slattery
as Sentry (uncredited)
Sondi Sodsai
Sondi Sodsai
as Geisha Girl (uncredited)
Rachel Stephens
Rachel Stephens
as Receptions (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Bert Stevens
as Officer at Shima Hotel (uncredited)
William Stevens
William Stevens
as Deckhand (uncredited)
Shichizo Takeda
Shichizo Takeda
as Japanese Storekeeper (uncredited)
Larry Thor
Larry Thor
as TV Broadcaster (uncredited)
Darlene Tompkins
Darlene Tompkins
as Girl in Bikini (uncredited)
Chiyo Tota
Chiyo Tota
as Girl in Window(uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Arthur Tovey
as Officer in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Leon Tyler
Leon Tyler
as Orderly (uncredited)
Gretchen Voeth
Gretchen Voeth
as Anita (uncredited)
Paul Von Schreiber
Paul Von Schreiber
as Bellboy (uncredited)
David Whorf
David Whorf
as Radar Student (uncredited)
Carleton Young
Carleton Young
as Radar Instructor (uncredited)
Roy Engel
Roy Engel
as General from Pentagon (uncredited)
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