G.I. Jane is a 1951 American musical comedy film directed by Reginald LeBorg and released by Lippert Pictures.
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Plot
Television producer Tim Rawlings is staging a musical show with the Women's Army Corps (WAC) when he is drafted into the army. Sgt. Rawlings tangles with an angry male lieutenant who transfers him to Alaska, where the commanding officer has requisitioned a platoon of WACs. Rawlings furtively modifies the travel orders so that the lieutenant is sent to Alaska and the WACs are dispatched to his own post in the American desert. The no-nonsense WAC lieutenant forbids her WACs to fraternize with the male soldiers, so the blossoming romances among the troops must be kept secret.
Background
Accused communist screenwriter Henry Blankfort, who refused to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1951, wrote G. I. Jane under the pseudonym of Jan Jeffries to conceal his true identity.
Reception
Critic Edwin Schallert of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film "offers some pleasing numbers".
Reviewer William Brogdon of Variety wrote: "This is a pleasant, unpretentious musical programmer that will fit nicely into lower-case bookings in the secondary situations. Pace is okay, the tunes well handled and there are enough mild chuckles in its comedy to see it through release intentions."
Cast
Jean Porter as Jan Smith
Tom Neal as Tim Rawlings
Iris Adrian as Lt. Adrian
Jimmie Dodd as Pvt. Tennessee Jones
Jeanne Mahoney as Hilda Beck
Jimmy Lloyd as Lt. Bradford
Mara Lynn as Pilsnick
Bobby Watson as Colonel
Michael Whalen as Major
James Parnell as Sergeant
Phil Arnold as Mousey