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Writers:
Lawrence Kimble (story) and
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Cast

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Wallace Beery ... Sergeant Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan
Marjorie Main ... Susie 'Suz'
Lewis Stone ... Colonel Jack Lawton
George Bancroft ... Russell 'Russ'
Henry O'Neill ... Lieutenant Colonel Harry Seton

Donna Reed ... Sally Hanson
Chill Wills ... Sergeant Larry Dillon
William Lundigan ... Joe 'Joey' Hanson
Tom Dugan ... Sergeant Strong
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams ... Sergeant Krims (as Guinn Williams)
Ernest Whitman ... Cartaret, Susie's cook
Roman Bohnen ... Mr. Leech
Jerome Cowan ... Mr. Nichols
Arthur Space ... Hank
Jonathan Hale ... Brigadier-General
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Steel Cavalry (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
102 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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USA:Approved (PCA #7881) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
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Trivia:
In 1942, MGM distributed this film on a double bill with Mr. and Mrs. North (1942) starring Gracie Allen. more
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Referenced in We Must Have Music (1942) more
Soundtrack:
You're in the Army Now more

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Wallace Beery scores another hit, 10 February 2004
7/10
Author: raskimono

What can be said about this movie that? It's highly formulaic yet lovable due to the charismatic lead performance by its star, one of the great ones Wallace Beery. He plays a role he had a played a thousand times before, that of the lovable doofus who always screws up but seems to make things right by the end. It is a popular hollywood archetype. The plot is about tanks replacing horses in the cavalry and Beery's resistance to it. Laughs are obviously got out of this situation but in the last reel it becomes an effective thriller/action movie with the last five minutes become the absolution pretty intense. Formulaic MGM stuff from the forties but a good introduction to Beery for first-timers.

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