This is a light piece filmed in 1942. In fact, all the troops in the movie are wearing the new issue Army helmet - backward. In the early stages of WWII Hollywood was just as much in tune with the military as they are now. This is one of about half a dozen of this series that was written with the the main stars in each. William Tracy and Joe Sawyer play off each other in all of them. Frank Faylen of the Dobie Gillis TV series plays second string in a few. Joe Sawyer is a recognizable comic/tough guy. He looks a bit like Il Duce with HIS helmet on backwards in this movie. He went on to play many stock parts in television, notably Sgt. Biff O'Hara in Rin Tin Tin. A new love interest is in each. Marjorie Woodnorth is in this one. One of the more notable love interests was Elyse Knox in Hay Foot (1942). A very beautiful girl she went on to become the wife of Tom Harmon and the mother of Kristin, Kelly and Mark Harmon.
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