An Army draftee with a good memory makes sergeant and saves the day.An Army draftee with a good memory makes sergeant and saves the day.An Army draftee with a good memory makes sergeant and saves the day.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
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Eddie Hall
- Soldier
- (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
- Radio Station Announcer
- (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
- Radio Station Representative
- (uncredited)
David Newell
- Lt. Jennings
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis was first purchased for telecast in New York City in mid-1948 by WPIX (Channel 11), as part of its newly acquired series of three dozen Hal Roach feature film productions, originally released theatrically between 1931-43 and now being syndicated for television broadcast by Regal Television Pictures. However, no record of WPIX ever showing the film has been found. Its earliest documented telecasts took place in Chicago Sunday 23 January 1949 on WBKB (Channel 4), in Philadelphia Tuesday 31 May 1949 on WCAU (Channel 10), in New York City Tuesday 2 August 1949 on WJZ (Channel 7), which picked up the Roach package after WPIX was finished with it, and in Cincinnati Sunday 4 September 1949 on WCPO (Channel 7).
- ConnectionsFollowed by Hay Foot (1942)
- SoundtracksYou're in the Army Now
Music by Isham Jones
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Fun WWII camp
This is the first movie in the Sgt Doubleday series, I think seven were made. This movie was made before U.S. involvement in WW II, but after it was becoming obvious we would get involved. This is a fun little bit of fluff with out to much plot.
O.K. Here comes some of the plot, so read on at your own risk! Doubleday (William Tracy) is a drafted and and is enthusiastic about becoming a member of the Army. He remembers every thing he reads, so he get a hold of some military manuals, reads them and "knows" every thing about the army. So in no time he is off to NCO training to become a Sargent. This drives Sgt Ames (Joe Sawyer) crazy. All this takes about the first ten minutes of the movie. The rest of the movie is Sgt Ames trying to catch Sgt Doubleday messing up, and Doubleday coming out smelling like a rose.
One other thing the actor James Gleason is not the actor Jackie Gleason of "The Honey Mooners" fame.
O.K. Here comes some of the plot, so read on at your own risk! Doubleday (William Tracy) is a drafted and and is enthusiastic about becoming a member of the Army. He remembers every thing he reads, so he get a hold of some military manuals, reads them and "knows" every thing about the army. So in no time he is off to NCO training to become a Sargent. This drives Sgt Ames (Joe Sawyer) crazy. All this takes about the first ten minutes of the movie. The rest of the movie is Sgt Ames trying to catch Sgt Doubleday messing up, and Doubleday coming out smelling like a rose.
One other thing the actor James Gleason is not the actor Jackie Gleason of "The Honey Mooners" fame.
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- 16mm-Andy
- Dec 15, 2002
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- Runtime50 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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