Abroad with Two Yanks

Abroad with Two Yanks is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Helen Walker, William Bendix and Dennis O'Keefe as the title characters.

[1] Arriving in Australia after the Battle of Guadalcanal, two American Marines compete with each other by stealing the other's Australian girlfriend.

[2] The film was originally announced as one of Hal Roach's Streamliners titled Yanks Down Under starring William Bendix.

Lou Beslow and John Twist were writing the script and Lew Seiler was borrowed from 20th Century Fox to direct.

[7] However, by February Allan Dwan, who had just made Up in Mabel's Room for Small, had been signed to direct[8] Anna Lee was meant to play the female lead.

"[11] Hedy Lamarr took a photo with Bendix and O'Keefe around the making of the film which Small subsequently issued.

[16] Edward Small wanted to star O'Keefe and Bendix in a series of films and in August announced a sequel Two Yanks in Paris.