---
title: 'A Guy Named Joe (1943)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Victor Fleming'
released: '1943-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 120
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'War'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-guy-named-joe-1943'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035959/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Guy Named Joe (1943)

1943 · 120 min · Drama, Fantasy, War, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

A Guy Named Joe is a 1943 American supernatural romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming. The film was produced by Everett Riskin and stars Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne and Van Johnson. The screenplay, written by Dalton Trumbo and Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, was adapted from a story by Chandler Sprague and David Boehm, for which they were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story. The film follows dead World War II bomber pilot Pete Sandidge as he becomes the guardian angel of pilot Ted Randall, and helps him romance his old girlfriend.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Victor Fleming](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-fleming)
- **Screenplay:** [Dalton Trumbo](https://cinepixo.com/people/dalton-trumbo), [David Boehm](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-boehm), [Frederick Hazlitt Brennan](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-hazlitt-brennan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbert Stothart](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-stothart)
- **Producer:** [Everett Riskin](https://cinepixo.com/people/everett-riskin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Freund](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-freund)
- **Editor:** [Frank Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-sullivan)

## Cast

- [William Bishop](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-bishop)
- [James Warren](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-warren)
- [Henry O'Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-o-neill)
- [Jacqueline White](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacqueline-white)
- [Addison Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/addison-richards)
- [Spencer Tracy](https://cinepixo.com/people/spencer-tracy)
- [Maurice Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-murphy-2)
- [Barry Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-nelson)
- [Frank Faylen](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-faylen)
- [Philip Van Zandt](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-van-zandt)
- [James Millican](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-millican)
- [Ward Bond](https://cinepixo.com/people/ward-bond)
- [Edward Hardwicke](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-hardwicke)
- [Steve Barclay](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-barclay)
- [Peter Cookson](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-cookson)

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