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5.1/10   41 votes
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Writer:
Frank Ryan (original screenplay)
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Release Date:
13 February 1942 (USA) more
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Cheap war comedy makes up for it in energy and strangeness more (3 total)

Cast

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Victor McLaglen ... Sgt. Jimmy McGinnis
Edmund Lowe ... Harry Curtis
Binnie Barnes ... Violet 'Vi' Hall
Paul Kelly ... Jim Blake
Robert Smith ... Billy Harrison
Dorothy Lovett ... Mary - Mitzi in Credits
Franklin Pangborn ... Wilbur
Corinna Mura ... Zana Zaranda - Rita in Credits
George Cleveland ... Bartender
The King's Men ... Quartet (as King's Men)
Six Hits and a Miss ... Singing Group
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:67 min (Turner library print) | 68 min (copyright length)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #7688) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Finland:S | Sweden:15

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Trivia:
Many cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Jimmy Conlin (Little Man), Andrew Tombes (Mr. Woods), Gordon De Main & Eddie Kane & 'Al Herman' & Lew Harvey (Wise Money Men), Don Brodie (Sharp Money Man), Forbes Murray & James Carlisle & Bert Moorhouse & Sam Harris (Horse Owners) and Norman Mayes (Bellhop). more
Soundtrack:
U.S. Marine Corps Hymn more

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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
Cheap war comedy makes up for it in energy and strangeness, 23 May 2005
5/10
Author: Chung Mo from NYC

I chanced upon this and found myself laughing at the stupidity cascading across the screen. Just to give you a notion of where this film is at: during a nightclub number the hostess pulls off her garter belt and tosses it into a crowd of marines and other soldiers. This causes a riot as the men fight and crash around the room in a desperate chase to grab the garter belt. The garter belt starts jumping around the room by itself! Not a lot, just enough for you to be completely startled by the weirdness. Later the two heroes are in the camp shower room shaving. One yells out "TWEEZERS!", a hand reaches into the frame and gives him a pair of tweezers. He proceeds to pluck his eyebrows! The final chase is typical but actually filmed better then several similar Abbott & Costello or Laurel and Hardy chases from the same period.

Hey most wartime fodder is unwatchable, this wasn't a classic but it didn't hurt either.

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