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Caught in the Draft

  • 19411941
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
708
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Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in Caught in the Draft (1941)
Comedy
A movie star who can't stand loud noises accidentally joins the Army.A movie star who can't stand loud noises accidentally joins the Army.A movie star who can't stand loud noises accidentally joins the Army.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
708
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
86,643
19,662
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    • Director
      • David Butler
    • Writers
      • Harry Tugend(original story)
      • Wilkie C. Mahoney(additional dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Bob Hope
      • Dorothy Lamour
      • Lynne Overman
    Top credits
    • Director
      • David Butler
    • Writers
      • Harry Tugend(original story)
      • Wilkie C. Mahoney(additional dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Bob Hope
      • Dorothy Lamour
      • Lynne Overman
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 15User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in Caught in the Draft (1941)
    Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in Caught in the Draft (1941)
    Bob Hope, Murray Alper, Clarence Kolb, and Dorothy Lamour in Caught in the Draft (1941)
    Bob Hope, Eddie Bracken, and Lynne Overman in Caught in the Draft (1941)
    Bob Hope, Eddie Bracken, Paul Hurst, and Lynne Overman in Caught in the Draft (1941)
    Bob Hope, Eddie Bracken, Dorothy Lamour, and Lynne Overman in Caught in the Draft (1941)
    Bob Hope and Lynne Overman in Caught in the Draft (1941)
    Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in Caught in the Draft (1941)

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    Bob Hope
    Bob Hope
    • Don Bolton
    Dorothy Lamour
    Dorothy Lamour
    • Antoinette 'Tony' Fairbanks
    Lynne Overman
    Lynne Overman
    • Steve Riggs
    Eddie Bracken
    Eddie Bracken
    • Bert Sparks
    Clarence Kolb
    Clarence Kolb
    • Col. Peter Fairbanks
    Paul Hurst
    Paul Hurst
    • Sgt. Burns
    Ferike Boros
    Ferike Boros
    • Yetta
    Phyllis Ruth
    Phyllis Ruth
    • Margie
    Irving Bacon
    Irving Bacon
    • Cogswell
    Arthur Loft
    Arthur Loft
    • Movie Director
    Edgar Dearing
    Edgar Dearing
    • Recruiting Sergeant
    Heinie Conklin
    Heinie Conklin
    • Sign Hanger
    • (scenes deleted)
    Phyllis Kennedy
    Phyllis Kennedy
    • Susan
    • (scenes deleted)
    Murray Alper
    Murray Alper
    • Make-Up Man
    • (uncredited)
    Al Bain
    Al Bain
    • Soldier
    • (uncredited)
    Marie Blake
    Marie Blake
    • Nurse with Castor Oil
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Blewett
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Chapin
    • Rookie
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • David Butler
    • Writers
      • Harry Tugend(original story) (screenplay)
      • Wilkie C. Mahoney(additional dialogue)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      National Guardsmen trained the actors to be soldiers for the movie.
    • Quotes

      Don Bolton: [ogling Toni] Mmmm, that's a bundle! She looks like Dorothy Lamour with clothes on.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Lights Fantastic (1942)
    • Soundtracks
      LOVE ME AS I AM
      Written by Louis Alter, lyrics Frank Loesser

      Credited but used only as instrumental

    User reviews15

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    Top review
    7/10
    It's A Bit Drafty for Hope
    Caught in the Draft finds Bob Hope as an egotistical movie star who may be subject to the draft so he's going to do the unthinkable, get married and get a deferment. But you'd think the last person he'd try that with is a daughter from a military family. Yet Hope pursues Dorothy Lamour in his usual wolfish Hope way, but the net result is he winds up still single and actually enlisting in the army when a Sting like con game backfires on him.

    But I will say Hope has loyal friends, his agent Lynne Overman and general factotum Eddie Bracken also enlist. To say they don't exactly have the makings of Audie Murphy is to put it mildly. Still what they won't do for a pal. I know I didn't have friends like that back in the day.

    Caught in the Draft has the usual run of service comedy situations and Hope while not as hopeless a soldier as Lou Costello, still he gets his usual laughs. It's a dated film in the sense we haven't had a draft in this country for almost 40 years, but I still think audiences can appreciate it today.

    Look for good supporting performances by Clarence Kolb as Lamour's father and Hope's commanding officer and Paul Hurst as the eternal tough training sergeant.
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    • bkoganbing
    • Sep 27, 2007

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 4, 1941 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • På axel gevär
    • Filming locations
      • Malibu, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 22 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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