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Caught in the Draft
(1941)
THE BIG LAUGH BLITZ OF 1941! (original print media ad - all caps)
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Stars: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lynne Overman, Eddie Bracken, Clarence Kolb
Director: David Butler
Writer: Harry Tugend, Wilkie C. Mahoney
Language: English
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Duration: 82
Rated: NR
DVD Release: October 2002

"Caught in the Draft" co-stars Hope leading lady Dorothy Lamour, Eddie Bracken, and the inimitable Clarence Kolb. A bit weak overall, the comedy is nevertheless a fun farce as a weak-kneed movie star (Hope) finds himself drafted into the Army when all he really wanted was to con his new girlfriend into marriage so he can avoid the draft. To complicate matters, his girl is the Colonel's daughter, and the Colonel finds Hope to be a poor soldier and an even worse choice for his daughter's hand!There are at least two really fun bits; one is a wild tank ride, and the other is when Hope has to go on guard duty without his uniform, and has to avoid being discoverd by Col. Fairbanks (Kolb).As Lamour commented in her autobiography ("My Side of the Road"), it was strange to see Hope play a draft-dodger and goldbrick when compared to his real-life efforts to bring a little humor into the lives of our troops stationed overseas.


Bob HopeDon Bolton
Dorothy LamourAntoinette 'Tony' Fairbanks
Lynne OvermanSteve Riggs
Eddie BrackenBert Sparks
Clarence KolbCol. Peter Fairbanks
Paul HurstSgt. Burns
Ferike BorosYetta
Phyllis RuthMargie
Irving BaconCogswell
Arthur LoftMovie director
Edgar DearingRecruiting Sergeant
Heinie ConklinSign hanger (scenes deleted)
Phyllis KennedySusan (scenes deleted)
Genre: Comedy, War
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby 2.0 Mono
IMDb: 0033455