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Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lee Bowman

Sidewalk salesmen Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown accidentally enlist in the army in order to escape being hauled off to jail, and soon find themselves in boot camp. To their dismay, the company's dril...( read more  read more... )l instructor is none other than the cop who was all set to run them off to the hoosegow in the first place! The boys end up having a whale of a time getting under the skin of their humorless nemesis.

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Unrated, 84 min.

Directed by: Arthur Lubin

Release Date: January 31, 1941

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DVD Release Date: October 10, 2000

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  • CloudIsAMonkey
    July 21, 2009
    CloudIsAMonkey
    One letter away from disaster.
  • saintrizel
    July 5, 2009
    saintrizel
    I have the collection of these two and I watch them often
  • doctordoom
    June 9, 2009
    doctordoom
    A classic film. Abbott & Costello are still funny today. Always get a laugh from their films. This may be a older film but I still enjoy watching this film. Abbott and Costello have a great chemistry on film that most can't capture in today's comedy films.With some great musical ...( read more)numbers and great jokes and gags make for a fun film. Well worth a watch.
  • xxxcli213xxx
    December 10, 2008
    xxxcli213xxx
    no thanks not my kinda thing
  • 01MovieMan
    May 12, 2008
    01MovieMan
    This is a very funny movie
  • brentcarlile
    January 4, 2008
    brentcarlile
    I WISH THEY WERE STILL HERE, THEY WERE SO FUNNY!
  • joyndick
    December 4, 2007
    joyndick
    Always love this team and their movies.

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