# A Guy Named Joe

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-named-joe/345269>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 20, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-named-joe/345269 "2006-02-20T01:13:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-named-joe/345269/1 "2006-02-20T01:13:38Z")

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TCM is showing _A Guy Named Joe_, starring Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne, on Thursday, 12:00 AM Eastern/9:00 PM Pacific.

I mentioned it in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=356656), as _Always_ is a remake of it.

Definitely worth a look!

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**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-named-joe/345269/2 "2006-02-20T13:14:19Z")

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> [@Johnny L.A.](#):
>
> TCM is showing _A Guy Named Joe_, starring Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne, on Thursday, 12:00 AM Eastern/9:00 PM Pacific.
> 
> I mentioned it in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=356656), as _Always_ is a remake of it.
> 
> Definitely worth a look!

I love this movie. Since this version is set in the middle of WWI, I find it more poignant than the remake.

I also find it bizarrely implausible when

Irene Dunne bombs the Japanese munitions depot all by herself

but it’s still my favorite part!