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Caught in the Draft is a american film of genre War directed by David Butler released in USA on 4 july 1941 with Bob Hope
Caught in the Draft (1941)
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Add to a movie listCaught in the Draft is a 1941 comedy/war film with Bob Hope directed by David Butler.
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Famous Hollywood actor Don Bolton (Hope) is a vain movie star whose biggest fear is to be drafted into the US Army. He definitely lacks the qualities of a good soldier, and he is so afraid of loud noise that he would not last a day in the service, let alone cope with hearing a single gunshot when he is on set shooting a war film at the studio. Colonel Peter Fairbanks (Clarence Kolb) visits the studio set as a consultant for the war film, and with him he has brought his beautiful daughter Antoinett, known as "Tony" (Dorothy Lamour). Don is smitten by Tony, and also realizes that his ticket out of the Army is to marry the colonel’s daughter to avoid the draft.Actors
Bob Hope
(Don Bolton)
Dorothy Lamour
(Antoinette 'Tony' Fairbanks)
Lynne Overman
(Steve Riggs)
Nana Bryant
Eddie Bracken
(Bert Sparks)
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