Force of Arms

Force of Arms
Directed byMichael Curtiz
Written byOrin Jannings
Richard Tregaskis (story)
Produced byAnthony Veiller
StarringWilliam Holden
Nancy Olson
CinematographyTed D. McCord
Edited byOwen Marks
Music byMax Steiner
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • August 13, 1951 (1951-08-13)
Running time
98-105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.2 million (US rentals)

Force of Arms (reissued as A Girl for Joe) is a 1951 romantic war drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring William Holden, Nancy Olson and Frank Lovejoy. It is the third of four films in 1950 and 1951 to include both Holden and Olson in prominent roles; the others are Sunset Boulevard, Union Station and Submarine Command.

The film is set in the Italian campaign of World War II and its plot involves an American infantryman and Women's Army Corps officer who fall in love.