US Release date: 17 February 1950
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 23 December 1950
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Running time: 82 minutes
Director: John Ford
Cast: Dan Dailey, Corinne Calvet, Colleen Townsend
Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Esquire Theatre for one week from 27 October 1950 supported by Michael O’Halloran.
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 8-W-2
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 105 | 195 |
| EF PPE | 2.14 | 246 |
| Metres Travelled | 461,543 | 178 |
| Average MT | 9,419 | 325 |
| Engagements | 49 | 105 |
| Slots | 51 | 185 |
| Weeks | 2 | 238 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 4.08% | 283 |
| Saturdays | 20 | 125 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 40.82% | 160 |
| Tuesdays | 27 | 39 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 55.10% | 72 |
| First billed | 9 | 177 |
| Second billed | 40 | 75 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 47 |
| Ratio | 95.92% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 3.56% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 2 |
| Ratio | 4.08% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -1.31% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.24% |
| Hoyts eng | 33 |
| Ratio | 67.35% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.57% |
| Independent eng | 4 |
| Ratio | 8.16% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -3.34% |
| Suburban eng | 12 |
| Ratio | 24.49% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.77% |
Notes: Bright Dan Dailey comedy rarely rose above support roles across Melbourne suburbs, scraping in a little over 100 EF points and middling to poor metrics elsewhere. An abundance of Tuesday screenings did not help. The Good Humor Man usually carried the top of the bill.
When Willie Comes Marching Home engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 23/12/1950 | 1 | S | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 23/12/1950 | 1 | S | 1 | Canadian Pacific |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 1 | S | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 1 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Brunswick | Padua | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 1 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 1 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 1 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 1 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 1 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 23/12/1950 | 1 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| St. Kilda | Palais | Suburban | 23/12/1950 | 1 | W | 2 | Sunset Boulevard |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 30/12/1950 | 2 | S | 1 | Canadian Pacific |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 30/12/1950 | 2 | S | 1 | The Good Humor Man |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 2 | S | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 2 | S | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 2 | S | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 2 | S | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 30/12/1950 | 2 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 30/12/1950 | 2 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 2 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 2 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 2 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 30/12/1950 | 2 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 3 | S | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 3 | S | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 3 | S | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 3 | S | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 3 | S | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 3 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Brunswick | Alhambra | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 3 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 3 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 3 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 3 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 6/01/1951 | 3 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 13/01/1951 | 4 | S | 1 | Canadian Pacific |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 13/01/1951 | 4 | S | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 13/01/1951 | 4 | S | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 4 | S | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 4 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 4 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 13/01/1951 | 4 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 20/01/1951 | 5 | T | 1 | Portrait From Life |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 20/01/1951 | 5 | T | 1 | The Good Humor Man |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 20/01/1951 | 5 | T | 2 | The Good Humor Man |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 27/01/1951 | 6 | S | 1 | The Good Humor Man |
| Clifton Hill | Clifton | Suburban | 27/01/1951 | 6 | W | 1 | Canadian Pacific |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 3/02/1951 | 7 | T | 2 | Father of the Bride |
| Prahran | Empress | Hoyts | 3/03/1951 | 11 | T | 1 | The Good Humor Man |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 24/03/1951 | 14 | S | 2 | South Sea Sinner |
The 1950 Project 