A Guy Named Joe

This is one of those old-fashioned, nice stories with generally nice people, some good lessons to be learned and some touching scenes. You just have to go with the fantasy-type theologies, in this story dead people coming back as angels-you-can... Full review

"A Guy Named Joe" is a beautiful, sentimental, tear-jerker of a film starring Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Lionel Barrymore, Ward Bond, James Gleason, and Dom Defore. Tracy is Pete, a fighter pilot in World War II involved with... Full review

Irene Dunne is what makes any movie she is in superb. No female actor today, or for that matter in the 30s and 40s can compare to her wholesomeness, versatility, and talent! This movie was a lesson in many aspects... Full review

The question that faces (or scares) Americans ever since the debacle of Vietnam is: is patriotism dead here. Because of that national nightmare we have questioned every government foreign policy ever since. Naturally we should question them, but it sometimes... Full review

This is a wonderful romantic picture set in World War II and I have to say Spencer Tracy has almost as much chemistry with Irene Dunne as he does with Katharine Hepburn. During his career Spencer Tracy was basically two... Full review

Some reviewers have complained that certain parts of the movie are unbelievable--agreed. However, "A Guy Named Joe" isn't a documentary. It's a riff on the nature of love and loss. I've seen many Spencer Tracey movies, but none in which... Full review

Two very good reasons to see this charming movie are a terrific performance by Irene Dunne and the excellent interplay in the romantic relationship between Irene Dunne & Spencer Tracy. The movie simply sparkles when these two are on screen... Full review

As many viewers I saw "Always", actually several times, before I even learned about "A Guy Named Joe." It is factual that the later film was a remake of the earlier one, but being in more modern times a significant... Full review

This is one of the best love stories ever. It isn't a war story, war simply happens to be the setting. And I don't see how a movie can prevent nations from winning a war. The whole fact that Spencer... Full review

Thus far in Spielberg's career he's had two rather severe career missteps. The first was when he went to remake the beloved Spencer Tracy film, A GUY NAMED JOE with his film ALWAYS. ... Full Article

Spencer Tracy & Van Johnson in A Guy Named Joe This 1943 fantasy, directed by Victor Fleming ( The Wizard of Oz ) and scripted by Dalton Trumbo (who would be blacklisted for his run-in with HUAC a decade later)... ... Full Article

In 1936, our basketball team kicked some serious Olympic butt. A guy named Joe Fortenberry scored eight points in the gold-medal game. So did Canada. Final score: U.S. 19, Canada 8. After that, Canucks stuck pretty much to pucks. We ... Full Article

``Always'' has a star with a little less luster than Spencer Tracy, star of ``A Guy Named Joe,'' Richard Dreyfuss. Dreyfuss is a capable actor, but even with the help of the luminous Holly Hunter, this film about flying firefighters ... Full Article

An effective enough story - of squadron leader Tracy, who tries one flying stunt too many and ends up fairly dead, leaving behind his loved one (Dunne) to grieve for him. ... Full Article

A long time ago...in a land far away... a few boys got together and ripped the roof of their local punk-rock venues. They were The Clash. ... Full Article