This is the first movie in the Sgt Doubleday series, I think seven were made. This movie was made before U.S. involvement in WW II, but after it was becoming obvious we would get involved. This is a fun little bit of fluff with out to much plot.
O.K. Here comes some of the plot, so read on at your own risk! Doubleday (William Tracy) is a drafted and and is enthusiastic about becoming a member of the Army. He remembers every thing he reads, so he get a hold of some military manuals, reads them and "knows" every thing about the army. So in no time he is off to NCO training to become a Sargent. This drives Sgt Ames (Joe Sawyer) crazy. All this takes about the first ten minutes of the movie. The rest of the movie is Sgt Ames trying to catch Sgt Doubleday messing up, and Doubleday coming out smelling like a rose.
One other thing the actor James Gleason is not the actor Jackie Gleason of "The Honey Mooners" fame.
O.K. Here comes some of the plot, so read on at your own risk! Doubleday (William Tracy) is a drafted and and is enthusiastic about becoming a member of the Army. He remembers every thing he reads, so he get a hold of some military manuals, reads them and "knows" every thing about the army. So in no time he is off to NCO training to become a Sargent. This drives Sgt Ames (Joe Sawyer) crazy. All this takes about the first ten minutes of the movie. The rest of the movie is Sgt Ames trying to catch Sgt Doubleday messing up, and Doubleday coming out smelling like a rose.
One other thing the actor James Gleason is not the actor Jackie Gleason of "The Honey Mooners" fame.
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