Off Limits

Off Limits (1952)

It's Hilarious!

Wally Hogan has things going his way. He is the manager-trainer of Bullet Bradley, a fighter who has just won the lightweight championship. However, life suddenly takes a not-so-happy turn when Bullet gets drafted.

Date of release
1952-12-30
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (18)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Comedy
Director
George Marshall

Casting

Interesting facts

Off Limits is a 1953 American comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney and Marilyn Maxwell. Hope plays a manager who enlists in the army to keep an eye on his boxer, who has been drafted. The picture was written by Hal Kanter and Jack Sher, and was released in the UK as Military Policemen, as the characters played by Hope and Rooney join the military police.

Production

During the final bar scene, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope's frequent co-star, is seen briefly, singing on the bar's television set.

Alan Young was to co-star with Hope in the picture.

In addition to retired champion boxer Jack Dempsey, the film features Art Aragon, a popular Southern California boxer.

Orchestra leader and vocalist Muzzy Marcellino dubbed "wolf-whistles" for the picture, according to Paramount press information, included in the file on the film at the AMPAS Library.

Publicity also notes that the United States Army Provost Marshal General's office in Washington, D.C. gave Mickey Rooney special permission to depict an MP, even though the minimum height requirement was 5'7" and Rooney was only 5'3".

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