Colonel Barkley is very proud of his assistant, Sergeant Doubleday, who has a photographic memory. Doubleday shows off his book knowledge on firearms during a class given by Sergeant Ames, embarrassing him. Through a series of misunderstandings, Colonel Barkley thinks the gun shy Doubleday is an expert marksman, and he sets him up in a shooting match against Ames and Sergeant Cobb.
Acting
William Tracy's hyperkinetic panic is pure 1940s gold.
Writing
Misunderstanding piled on misunderstanding like a precarious Jenga tower.
Director
Fred Guiol
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the second of seven Doubleday-Ames military comedies; William Tracy and Joe Sawyer played these same characters across an entire franchise of escalating disasters.
Released smack in WWII, this was pure escapist fare for audiences whose actual loved ones were deployed — the military as harmless playground, not hellscape.
No ratings yet
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
US
