Fall In | |
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Directed by | Kurt Neumann |
Screenplay by | Eugene Conrad Edward E. Seabrook |
Produced by | Fred Guiol Hal Roach |
Starring | William Tracy Joe Sawyer Robert Barrat Jean Porter Arthur Hunnicutt |
Cinematography | Robert Pittack |
Edited by | Richard C. Currier |
Music by | Edward Ward |
Production company | |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 45 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Fall In is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Kurt Neumann and written by Eugene Conrad and Edward E. Seabrook. The film stars William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Robert Barrat, Jean Porter and Arthur Hunnicutt. The film was released on November 20, 1942, by United Artists. [1] [2]
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Prior to Dodo's officer training, the two sergeants must train two platoons from a new intake of draftees from backwoods areas. Using the strengths of the backwoodsmen, S/Sgt. Doubleday excels again. His platoon is selected to perform military police duties on a weekend furlough.
Mr Arnold Benedict has offered his large house for the entertainment of the soldiers, but Joan, Dodo's girlfriend and a hostess discovers they are really a Nazi spy ring obtaining information from the soldiers.
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