Lt. Cmdr. Charles Edward Madison
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The Americanization of Emily is a 1964 American black-and-white black comedy anti-war film directed by Arthur Hiller, written by Paddy Chayefsky, and starring James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn, Joyce Grenfell, and Keenan Wynn.
The Americanization of Emily: Directed by Arthur Hiller. With James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn. An American Naval Officer's talent for living the good life in wartime is challenged when he falls in love and is sent on a dangerous mission.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Arthur Hiller
- 1964-10-27
138. Character Oscar-nominee James Garner ("Maverick", TV's "The Rockford Files") stars as a pacifistic American naval officer who discovers that he has been selected to...
A romantic comedy with a war commentary by Paddy Chayefsky, starring James Garner and Julie Andrews. See ratings, reviews, cast, trailer, and where to watch this anti-war satire.
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- James Garner
- Arthur Hiller
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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The Americanization of Emily, American comedy-drama film, released in 1964, that was noted for Paddy Chayefsky’s biting script about the absurdities of war.
James Garner portrayed Charles Madison, a cowardly aide to an unstable admiral (played by Melvyn Douglas). Hoping to gain publicity for the U.S. Navy during the Normandy Invasion in World War II, the admiral concocts a plan in which the first fatality on Omaha Beach is a sailor. The self-centred Madison reluctantly becomes involved in the scheme, thus interrupting his love affair with Emily Barham (Julie Andrews), a British war widow. Madison manages to survive the D-Day landing and becomes a reluctant hero. Although tempted to reveal the truth, he stays silent at Emily’s urging.
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•Studio: MGM
•Director: Arthur Hiller
•Producer: Martin Ransohoff
•Writer: Paddy Chayefsky
•Music: Johnny Mandel
•Running time: 115 minutes
•James Garner (Lieut. Comdr. Charles Madison)
•Julie Andrews (Emily Barham)
•Melvyn Douglas (Admiral William Jessup)
•James Coburn (Lieut. Comdr. Paul [“Bus”] Cummings)
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A comedy film about an American naval officer who falls in love with an English woman during the D-Day invasion. He faces a dilemma between his cowardice and his duty when he is sent on a dangerous mission.
The Americanization of Emily is a 1964 American romantic dark comedy-drama war film written by Paddy Chayefsky, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas and James Coburn, and loosely adapted from the novel of the same name by William Bradford Huie, who had been a SeaBee officer on D-Day.
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