Caught in the Draft (1941)

5.9/10 82 min Comedy Romance War

Overview

Don Bolton is a movie star who can't stand loud noises. To evade the draft, he decides to get married...but falls for a colonel's daughter. By mistake, he and his two cronies enlist. In basic training, Don hopes to make a good impression on the fair Antoinette and her father, but his military career is largely slapstick. Will he ever get his corporal's stripes?

Cast

Bob Hope

Don Bolton

Dorothy Lamour

Antoinette 'Tony' Fairbanks

Eddie Bracken

Bert Sparks

Lynne Overman

Steve Riggs

Clarence Kolb

Col. Peter Fairbanks

Paul Hurst

Sgt. Burns

Ferike Boros

Yetta

Irving Bacon

Cogswell

Arthur Loft

Movie director

Phyllis Ruth

Margie

Edgar Dearing

Recruiting Sergeant

Marie Blake

Castor Oil Nurse (uncredited)

Dave Willock

Colonel's Orderly (uncredited)

Jimmie Dodd

Patient Hiding Under Bed (uncredited)

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