Tanks a Million

Tanks a Million

50 mins | Comedy | Sept. 12, 1941

Chubby William Tracy starred as Dodo Doubleday, a feckless Army draftee blessed (or cursed) with a photographic memory. Inexplicably promoted to sergeant, Doubleday becomes the bane of topkick Sgt. Ames' (Joe Sawyer) existence.

Tanks a Million

50 mins | Comedy | Sept. 12, 1941

Tanks a Million
Chubby William Tracy starred as Dodo Doubleday, a feckless Army draftee blessed (or cursed) with a photographic memory. Inexplicably promoted to sergeant, Doubleday becomes the bane of topkick Sgt. Ames' (Joe Sawyer) existence.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Hal Roach Studios
Original title Tanks a Million
Directors Fred Guiol
Writers Warren Wilson, Edward E. Seabrook, Paul Gerard Smith

Cast

William Tracy

as Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday

James Gleason

as Col. 'Spitfire' Barkley

Noah Beery Jr.

as Charlie Cobb

Joe Sawyer

as Sgt. William Ames

Elyse Knox

as Jeannie

Douglas Fowley

as Capt. Rossmead

Knox Manning

as Radio Interviewer Cardigan

Frank Faylen

as Pvt. Skivic

Dub Taylor

as Malloy

Bert Moorhouse

as Radio Station Announcer