Caught in the Draft(1941)
THE BIG LAUGH BLITZ OF 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?
Movie: Caught in the Draft
Top 10 Billed Cast
Don Bolton
Antoinette 'Tony' Fairbanks
Bert Sparks
Steve Riggs
Col. Peter Fairbanks
Sgt. Burns
Yetta
Cogswell
Movie director
Margie
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