Caught in the Draft

Caught in the Draft

82 mins | Comedy, Romance, War | July 4, 1941

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?

Caught in the Draft

82 mins | Comedy, Romance, War | July 4, 1941

Caught in the Draft
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?
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Paramount
Original title Caught in the Draft
Directors David Butler
Writers Harry Tugend

Cast

Bob Hope

as Don Bolton

Dorothy Lamour

as Antoinette 'Tony' Fairbanks

Eddie Bracken

as Bert Sparks

Lynne Overman

as Steve Riggs

Clarence Kolb

as Col. Peter Fairbanks

Paul Hurst

as Sgt. Burns

Ferike Boros

as Yetta

Irving Bacon

as Cogswell

Arthur Loft

as Movie director

Phyllis Ruth

as Margie

Edgar Dearing

as Recruiting Sergeant

Marie Blake

as Castor Oil Nurse

Dave Willock

as Colonel's Orderly

Jimmie Dodd

as Patient Hiding Under Bed