Doughboys in Ireland (1943) Online
Band leader and singer Danny O'Keefe, is drafted into the U.S. Army, along with three members of his orchestra, Chuck, Corny and Tiny, known as 'The Jesters.' Danny is unhappy because he has to leave the band's beautiful vocalist, Gloria Gold, behind. But he goes off happy since she promises be be true blue while he is serving his country. Danny spends every spare minute writing letters to Gloria, which she turns over to her elderly secretary to answer. Danny and his friends are stationed somewhere in Ireland. He is on guard duty when Molly Callahan comes driving up in a donkey cart, and he demands that she leave. She tells her father, Michael, who rounds up all the Callahan clan, and the result is that every American solder who looks at an Irish lass is beaten up. Danny's top-sergeant demands that Danny square himself and the other Americans with Molly and the Callahans, and he does so by the singing of Irish ballads. Molly falls in love with Danny, but Gloria shows up as part of a ...
| Cast overview: | |||
 | Kenny Baker | - | Danny O'Keefe |
 | Jeff Donnell | - | Molly Callahan |
 | Lynn Merrick | - | Gloria Gold |
 | Guy Bonham | - | Chuck Mayers (as The Jesters) |
| Red Latham | - | Corny Smith (as The Jesters) |
| Walter Carlson | - | Tiny Johnson (as The Jesters) |
 | Robert Mitchum | - | Ernie Jones (as Bob Mitchum) |
 | George Tyne | - | Jimmy Martin (as Buddy Yarus) |
 | Harry Shannon | - | Michael Callahan |
 | Dorothy Vaughan | - | Mrs. Callahan |
 | Larry Thompson | - | U.S. Army Captain |
 | Syd Saylor | - | U.S. Army Sergeant |
 | Herbert Rawlinson | - | Larry Hunt |
| Neil Reagan | - | Medical Captain |
| The Jesters | - | Singing Group |
This movie features the only appearance in a motion picture by President Ronald Reagan's older brother, Neil Reagan. He is cast in the small but important role of the Army physician. He would never appear on film again.