Jumping Jacks

Jumping Jacks

96 mins | Comedy | June 11, 1952

Nightclub entertainer Hap Smith has a new act since his former partner Chick Allen joined the army. With his lovely new female partner, Hap now plays a clownish parody of a soldier. When Chick organises a soldier show at Fort Benning, he realizes he needs his former partner's help—so, to get onto the base, Hap impersonates a hapless real soldier, but circumstances force them to prolong the masquerade, creating an increasingly tangled Army-sized SNAFU.

Jumping Jacks

96 mins | Comedy | June 11, 1952

Jumping Jacks
Nightclub entertainer Hap Smith has a new act since his former partner Chick Allen joined the army. With his lovely new female partner, Hap now plays a clownish parody of a soldier. When Chick organises a soldier show at Fort Benning, he realizes he needs his former partner's help—so, to get onto the base, Hap impersonates a hapless real soldier, but circumstances force them to prolong the masquerade, creating an increasingly tangled Army-sized SNAFU.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Paramount
Original title Jumping Jacks
Directors Norman Taurog
Writers Herbert Baker, Brian Marlow, Frederic I. Rinaldo, Robert Lees

Cast

Dean Martin

as Chick Allen

Jerry Lewis

as Hap Smith

Mona Freeman

as Betsy Carter

Don DeFore

as Lieutenant Kelsey

Robert Strauss

as Sergeant McClusky

Richard Erdman

as Dogface Dolan

Ray Teal

as W.W. Timmons

Marcy McGuire

as Julia Loring

Danny Arnold

as Private Evans