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1937Movie⏱️ 1h 12mApproved
ComedyMusicWar
5.1
IMDB Rating
82 votes

Army training Sgt. Gray makes a bet that he can get himself invited to breakfast with his commanding officer, General Markley. But he gets into an unhappy tangle with a couple of enemy spies before the bet is finally decided.

Director
John G. Blystone
Writers
Mary Roberts Rinehart, Harry Ruskin, Henry McCarty
Stars
James Ellison, Terry Walker, Morgan Hill
Release Date
March 21, 1937
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 5
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

James Ellison
James Ellison
as Sgt. Robert Gray
Terry Walker
Terry Walker
as Peggy Markley
👤
Morgan Hill
as Tommy
Arthur Lake
Arthur Lake
as Sgt. Turner
Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey
as Gen. Markley
👤
Wally Maher
as Sgt. Beans Banning
👤
Andy Andrews
as Sgt. Jake Solomon
Murray Alper
Murray Alper
as Sgt. Schultz
👤
Pat Gleason
as Sgt. Squibb
John Kelly
John Kelly
as Sgt. Tubbs

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Production
Douglas MacLean Productions

🏷️ Keywords

coupleenemydeceptionmilitary policeboot camp

🎯 Categories

ComedyMusicWar

⭐ Featured Review

While Ellison's singing is nice, the film is very clichéd and about as exciting as watching worms crawling across the sidewalk.
by planktonrules2014-01-13
3/10

"James Ellison stars as Sergeant Gray in this WWI musical romantic comedy. However, as you watch the film you wonder if the US Army was THAT desperate that they'd make this knucklehead a sergeant!! He is not a very good soldier and is a bit of a fathead. In fact, he even bets his fellow enlisted men that he can wrangle an invite to the General's house for breakfast! Along the way, he gets into lots of wacky situations, meets and falls in love with the General's daughter AND captures two enemy spies! Despite all this, it's amazing how bad the film is--mostly because it's..."

💡 Did You Know?

This film was first telecast Thursday 1 January 1942 on New York City's pioneer commercial television station WNBT (Channel 1).

📖 Synopsis

Army training Sgt. Gray makes a bet that he can get himself invited to breakfast with his commanding officer, General Markley. But he gets into an unhappy tangle with a couple of enemy spies before the bet is finally decided.