''What Next, Corporal Hargrove?'' is a 1945

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directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Walker and

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. It was distributed by

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and produced by George Haight. Harry Kurnitz received an Oscar nomination for his original screenplay, ''What Next, Corporal Hargrove?'', for this follow-up to the 1944 hit ''

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Plot

U.S. artillery corporal Marion Hargrove finds himself at large in wartime France with wheeler-dealer pal Pvt. Thomas Mulvehill. Inadvertently detached from their outfit, Hargrove and Mulvehill wander into a French village, where they're lauded as conquering heroes by the populace.

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* * * 1945 films 1940s war comedy films American war comedy films American black-and-white films American sequel films Films directed by Richard Thorpe Films set in France Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Military comedy films Films with screenplays by Harry Kurnitz Western Front of World War II films American World War II films 1945 comedy films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films English-language war comedy films Films scored by David L. Snell {{WWII-film-stub