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Hay Foot is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Fred Guiol released in USA on 2 january 1942 with William Tracy
Hay Foot (1942)
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Add to a movie listHay Foot is a 1942 American military comedy, the second of five World War II-themed Hal Roach's Streamliners starring William Tracy and Joe Sawyer (three additional entries in the series were produced after the war). Fred Guiol directed seven of the eight films, the exception being 1951's As You Were. The leads were played by William Tracy and Joe Sawyer, with co-stars James Gleason, Noah Beery, Jr. and Elyse Knox.
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Dodo Doubleday has been explicably reduced from First Sergeant to Staff Sergeant and has resumed being orderly to his regimental commander Colonel Barkley. Sergeant Ames is still a buck sergeant who hates Dodo because he advanced to outrank Ames within Dodo's first 24 hours in the army. Dodo's former comrade in arms Charlie Cobb is also a buck sergeant. As both Cobb and Ames are the best marksman in the regiment but also constantly boasting of their prowess, Colonel Barkley seeks to find an expert who can outshoot them.Actors
William Tracy
(Sergeant 'Dodo' Doubleday)
Joe Sawyer
(Sergeant Ames)
Frank Faylen
James Gleason
(Colonel J. A. Barkley)
Noah Beery, Jr
(Sgt. Charlie Cobb)
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