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The Girl He Left Behind is a 1956 American romantic comedy film starring Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood. The supporting cast includes Jim Backus, Alan King, James Garner, and David Janssen. The film was written by Guy Trosper and directed by David Butler, and was filmed at Fort Ord, California. For both Garner and King, it was their third movie.

The Girl He Left Behind
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Directed by	David Butler
Written by	Guy Trosper
Based on	The Girl He Left Behind; or All Quiet in the Third Platoon 1956 novel by Marion Hargrove
Starring	Tab Hunter Natalie Wood Jessie Royce Landis
Cinematography	Ted D. McCord
Edited by	Irene Morra
Music by	Roy Webb
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	October 26, 1956 (1956-10-26) (U.S.)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.4 million (US rentals)[1]

Plot

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Andy Schaeffer is a spoiled mama's boy who usually gets his way. He breezes through college, while girlfriend Susan Daniels works hard at a job to pay for her education. She isn't sure where their relationship is going. Andy's grades begin to worsen, and he's being drafted by the army. Andy reports for basic training at Fort Ord, making it clear to everybody there that he'd rather be anyplace else.

Cast

• Tab Hunter as Private / Corporal Andy Schaeffer
• Natalie Wood as Susan
• Jessie Royce Landis as Mrs. Schaeffer
• Jim Backus as Sergeant Hanna
• Murray Hamilton as Sergeant Clyde
• Henry Jones as Hanson
• Alan King as Majors
• James Garner as Preston
• David Janssen as Captain Genaro

Production

Marion Hargrove had a huge success with his book See Here Private Hargrove which sold 3,500,000 copies. Warner Bros. approached him to see if he would write a story about a draftee in the army in peacetime.

Hargrove agreed but wanted the story to be accurate, as he had left the army in 1945. He arranged through Warners to undertake enlistment and some basic training at Fort Ord. Hargrove told Warners he had enough material for the book. The studio paid him to write the novel and retained only the screen rights.[2]

The novel was published in 1956. Hargrove wanted to call it All Quiet in the Third Platoon, but Warners preferred The Girl He Left Behind.[3]

Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood had appeared in The Burning Hills together, and Warner Bros. was keen to build them into an on-screen team.[4]

Filming started June 1956.[5] Much of the film was shot at Fort Ord and used real soldiers.[2]

See also

• List of American films of 1956

References

Notes

External links

• The Girl He Left Behind at IMDb
• The Girl He Left Behind at the TCM Movie Database
• The Girl He Left Behind at AllMovie
• The Girl He Left Behind at the American Film Institute Catalog

На других языках

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[de] Playboy – Marsch, marsch!

Playboy – Marsch, marsch! (Originaltitel: The Girl He Left Behind) ist ein US-amerikanischer Spielfilm von David Butler aus dem Jahr 1956. Der Film basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Roman von Marion Hargrove.[1][2]

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