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Caught in the Draft. 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 ...
Caught in the Draft: Directed by David Butler. With Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lynne Overman, Eddie Bracken. A movie star who can't stand loud noises accidentally joins the Army.
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- Comedy
- David Butler
- 1941-07-04
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Caught in the Draft 1941 1h 22m Comedy List Reviews 75% Audience Score 50+ Ratings Don Bolton (Bob Hope) is a movie star with a phobia about loud noises.
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- David Butler
- Comedy
- Bob Hope
Caught in the Draft, however, is up with the best of them. Film finds Hope as Don Bolton, a movie star who is so cowardly he can't even stand loud noises. To dodge the draft, he plots to marry Dorothy Lamour's Antoinette 'Tony' Fairbanks, who happens to be a Colonel's daughter. But sure enough, Don and his two crony side-kicks enlist by mistake.
Synopsis. Lead actor Don Bolton practically faints from the sounds of gunshots while filming a war movie. When real-life Colonel Peter Fairbanks visits the set with his beautiful daughter Tony, Don insults them by mistaking Fairbanks for an actor and ordering the makeup man to put mud on the colonel. Smitten by Tony, Don convinces her to go out ...
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David Butler. Harry Tugend. 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.
