Which Way to the Front?

Which Way to the Front? is a 1970 film starring Jerry Lewis. It would be Lewis' last released film for eleven years, until 1981's Hardly Working. The unreleased The Day the Clown Cried was filmed in the years between. Which Way to the Front? was released in July, 1970 by Warner Bros. Brendan Byers III (Jerry Lewis) is a rich playboy who is classified 4-F. He really wants to fight in WWII, so he enlists other 4-F's and forms his own army. He finan... more

Which Way to the Front? is a 1970 film starring Jerry Lewis. It would be Lewis' last released film for eleven years, until 1981's Hardly Working. The unreleased The Day the Clown Cried was filmed in the years between. Which Way to the Front? was released in July, 1970 by Warner Bros. Brendan Byers III (Jerry Lewis) is a rich playboy who is classified 4-F. He really wants to fight in WWII, so he enlists other 4-F's and forms his own army. He finances all the training and once completed they embark on a mission to infiltrate Hitler's bunker, with Byers posing as a Nazi general named Kesselring. Which Way to the Front? was filmed from November 30, 1969 through February 1, 1970 and received a G rating from the MPAA. The film received a "BOMB" rating in Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide. less