Ham and Eggs at the Front
Cast & Crew
Roy Del Ruth
Tom Wilson
Heinie Conklin
Myrna Loy
William J. Irving
Noah Young
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Ham and Eggs, privates in an all-black regiment, become buddies in training camp and are stationed together in a small French village. The innkeeper, Friml, an enemy spy, desirous of learning the number of soldiers in the black regiment, has Fifi, his Negro waitress, flirt with the soldiers to get this information. Ham and Eggs fall for her and go to her house that night, each trying to outstay the other. An officer commands the two to force Fifi to disclose the location of Friml, and to shoot her if she refuses to talk; she escapes them, but they uncover a coded enemy message. When the pair are sent to the front, Ham is wounded. They are accidentally cast adrift in a balloon, and in parachuting to safety, they "capture" Friml. They are later decorated for their bravery.
Director
Roy Del Ruth
Cast
Tom Wilson
Heinie Conklin
Myrna Loy
William J. Irving
Noah Young
Cameo
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Myrna Loy later regretted having made a blatantly racist film like this, calling it "shameful". Producer/writer Darryl F. Zanuck was said to have atoned for it by making such anti-racism films as Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and Pinky (1949).
Notes
This film was copyrighted until the title Ham and Eggs.
