Caught In The Draft (1941)
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Bob Hope plays a famous movie star who does his best to avoid the pre-war draft, but ends up in uniform all the same. Hope marries Dorothy Lamour, the daughter of Army colonel Clarence Kolb, in hopes that this union will help him sidestep military service. Stuck in boot camp, Hope is a class-A… More Bob Hope plays a famous movie star who does his best to avoid the pre-war draft, but ends up in uniform all the same. Hope marries Dorothy Lamour, the daughter of Army colonel Clarence Kolb, in hopes that this union will help him sidestep military service. Stuck in boot camp, Hope is a class-A screw-up until redeeming himself during a sham battle--though his "heroic" commandeering of a tank began as yet another boo-boo. Still not entirely certain that Hope could carry a film by himself, Paramount teamed him with Eddie Bracken and Lynne Overman--a sort of Abbott and Costello plus One. Despite the efforts to make Bob Hope part of an ensemble, it is clear from the first frame to the last who is truly the star of Caught in the Draft. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- David Butler (I), David Butler
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jul 1, 1939 Wide
- Studio
- Universal Studios Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Released just months prior to the US entry into WWII, this comedy offers Bob Hope one of his funniest roles.
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Cast
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Bob Hope
as Don Bolton
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Dorothy Lamour
as Tony Fairbanks
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Lynne Overman
as Steve
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Eddie Bracken
as Bert
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Clarence Kolb
as Col. Peter Fairbanks
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Paul Hurst
as Sgt. Bums
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Ferike Boros
as Yetta
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Phyllis Ruth
as Margie
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Irving Bacon
as Cogswell
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Arthur Loft
as Director
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Edgar Dearing
as Recruiting Sergeant
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Murray Alper
as Make-up man
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Marie Blake
as Nurse
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Jack Chapin
as Rookie
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Victor Cutler
as Rookie
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Jimmie Dodd
as Indignant Patient
- Ellen Drew
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Ray Flynn
as Lt. Colonel
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Edward Hearn
as Operation manager
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Weldon Heyburn
as Sergeant at Examining depot
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Phyllis Kennedy
as Susan
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Jack Luden
as Captain
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Frank Marlowe
as Twitchell
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George McKay
as Quartermaster Sgt.
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Frances Morris
as Stretcher nurse
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Ella Neal
as Nurse
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Edwin Stanley
as Medical examiner
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Eleanor Stewart
as Nurse
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Andrew Tombes
as Justice of the Peace
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Archie Twitchell
as Stretcher patient
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Dave Willock
as Colonel's orderly
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Frank Mitchell
as Captain
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Frank O'Connor
as Major
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Leonard Henry
as Corporal
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Jerry Jerome
as Captain
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Edward Peil Jr.
as Patient
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Gloria Williams
as Nurse
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Peter George Lynn
as Pilot
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David Oliver
as Cameraman
