Fall In (1942)

Captain Gillis (Frank Faylen) puts Sergeant "Dodo" Doubleday (William Tracy), because of his photographic memory, on a candidates list for Officer's Training School ahead of Sergeant ... See full summary »

Director:

Kurt Neumann

Writers:

Eugene Conrad, Edward E. Seabrook

Stars:

William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Robert Barrat

Cast

Complete credited cast:
William Tracy	...	Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday
Joe Sawyer	...	Sgt. William Ames
Robert Barrat	...	Col. Elliott
Jean Porter	...	Joan
Arthur Hunnicutt	...	Luke Hatfield
Rebel Randall	...	Lydia Hummock
Frank Faylen	...	Capt. Gillis
Clyde Fillmore	...	Arnold Benedict

Storyline

Captain Gillis (Frank Faylen) puts Sergeant "Dodo" Doubleday (William Tracy), because of his photographic memory, on a candidates list for Officer's Training School ahead of Sergeant William Ames (Joe Sawyer), much to the dismay of the Ames. The latter, in an effort to make Doubleday look bad, puts him in charge of the training of the Hatfield clan, a raw-to-the-max group of recruits from Kentucky. That they are all sharp-shooters does Doubleday no harm. Meanwhile, across town, a highly-respected citizen named Arnold Benedict (Clyde Filmore) and his tall squeeze Lydia (Rebel Randall) open up an in-house canteen for the soldiers. That Arnold is a German Spy comes as no great surprise to students of American history or Hal Roach films. Joan (Jean Porter), Dodo's girl friend (and ample proof that Dodo is smarter than he looks and acts), discovers that all the house-plants in the house are armed with listening devices feeding directly to the basement where most of Hollywood's German-actor...

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Plot Keywords:

spy | sergeant | nazi | target practice | amnesia | 

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Taglines:

THOSE FEUDIN' BUDDIES! (original ad - all caps)

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 March 1943 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hal Roach Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The spy who opens his home to the servicemen is named Arnold Benedict - a play on the name of America's first traitor, Benedict Arnold.

User Reviews

Decent Comedy

Fall In (1942)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Hal Roach comedy with William Tracy and Joe Sawyer is in the same vein as Tanks a Million. In this film, Tracy plays a Sgt. wiz who can remember anything he reads, which gets him his own platoon but this doesn't with well with the jealous Sawyer. Tracy has to train a bunch of dumb rednecks from Kentucky before finally tracking down some Nazis. I'm not sure how many films were in this series but so far I've enjoyed the two I've seen enough to where I'd seek out the others. These aren't anything great but with the running time of 45-minutes they fly by with some nice laughs along the way. Being from KY, I got a kick out of the redneck training sequence.