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No Leave No Love

NO LEAVE NO LOVE

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CREDITS

1946, 117 minutes, B&W.
Producer, Joe Pasternak; Director, Charles Martin; Screenplay, Charles Martin and Leslie Kardos; Cinematography, Harold Rosson and Robert Surtees; Music Direction, George Stoll; Choreography, Stanley Donen.

CAST

Michael Hanlon, Van Johnson; Susan Duncan, Pat Kirkwood; Slinky, Keenan Wynn; Hobart Canford Stiles, Edward Arnold; Rosalind, Marie Wilson; Colonel Elliott, Leon Ames; Mrs. Hanlon, Selena Royle; Countess Strogoff, Marina Koshetz; Boy Piano Player, Sugarchile Robinson; Boy Drummer, Joey Preston; Ben, Vince Barnett; Sledgehammer, Walter Sande; Nick, Arthur Walsh; mr. Crawley, Wilson Wood.
As Themselves:
Guy Lombardo and His Orchestra, Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra, The Garcias.

SONGS

All the Time by Ralph Freed and Sammy Fain; Love On a Greyhound Bus by Kay Thompson, Ralph Blane and George Stoll; Isn't It Wonderful? by Thompson; It'll Be Great to Be Back Home by Charles Martin; Old Sad Eyes by Irving Kahal and Fain; When It's Love by Edgar De Lange and Nicholas Kharito; Caldonia by Fleecie Moore; Otchichornya; Humoresque.

PLOT SYNOPSIS

When two army buddies are released from duty after World War II, all Michael Hanlon (Johnson) can think about is returning to his hometown to marry his girl. His best friend Slinky (Wynn) has other plans, though, and when asked to appear on a popular radio show hosted by beautiful Susan Duncan (Pat Kirkwood), Michael is forced to accept the delay. When the microphones are turned on, however, Hanlon suffers a severe case of stage fright and Slinky is forced to assume his identity, which leads to all sorts of misunderstandings, both comic and romantic.

NOTES

"A disastrous flop for all concerned, No Leave, No Love was indeed a no-no. . ."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical

"Witless, overlong musical extravaganza."
- Halliwell's Film Guide

HARVARD LAMPOON WORST FILM AWARD WINNER

This was Pat Kirkwood's first (and last) American film.

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