Caught in the Draft

Caught in the Draft (1941)

THE BIG LAUGH BLITZ OF 1941

Don Bolton is a movie star who can't stand loud noises. To evade the draft, he decides to get married...but falls for a colonel's daughter. By mistake, he and his two cronies enlist. In basic training, Don hopes to make a good impression on the fair Antoinette and her father, but his military career is largely slapstick. Will he ever get his corporal's stripes?

Date of release
1941-07-04
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (19)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Comedy, Romance, War
Director
David Butler

Casting

Interesting facts

Caught in the Draft is a 1941 American comedy film directed by David Butler and starring Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour and Eddie Bracken. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Released six months before the Attack on Pearl Harbor and American entry into World War II it deals with the peacetime draft brought in the previous year as part of the country's mobilization preparations for future war.

Production

A 1941 cinema journal describes the air mortar as having been "inaugurated" in the film, stating: "this new development uses air blown under pressure through pipes, as well as powder and pyrotechnics, to gain unusual effects."

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