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Writers:
Lesser Samuels (based on an original screenplay by) andRalph Gilbert Bettison (based on an original screenplay by) ...
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Release Date:
15 April 1937 (USA) morePlot:
Two soldier friends vie for the affections of the sergeant-major's daughter, against a background of military pomp and adventure. | add synopsisUser Comments:
Tries hard but could do better. moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Wallace Ford | ... | Jimmy Tracy |
 | John Mills | ... | Cpl. Bert Dawson |
| Anna Lee | ... | Sally Briggs |
| Grace Bradley | ... | Jean Burdett |
| Frank Cellier | ... | Regimental Sergeant-Major Briggs |
| Peter Croft | ... | Student |
| James Pirrie | ||
| Henry Hallett | ||
| Frederick Leister | ... | Vice Consul |
| Lawrence Anderson | ... | Trader |
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87 min | USA:71 min (cut version)Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoFilming Locations:
Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UKMOVIEmeter: 
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You'll either love it or hate it. John Mills probably hated it, playing a decidedly secondary role as British straight man to Wallace Ford's eccentrically comic Yankee soldier who has somehow found his way into the British army. Ford's wise-cracking character steals every scene and the only question is whether he'll also steal John Mills' girl.
From its outset the movie tries to achieve too much - it wants to be a comedy, a romance, a serious drama and a military propaganda piece. It's hard to strike the right balance between so many competing objectives and the inevitable result is that it does not achieve distinction in any ofthem.
Just one of the numerous imbalances in the movie is the inclusion of too many lengthy items of newsreel footage showing ranks of military horsemen and precision marching foot soldiers training in Britain in the late 1930s. These skills seem woefully unsuitable for the imminent mechanized blitzkrieg about to engulf Europe as the movie was being made. It's sad confirmation of the adage that every army is only prepared to fight its previous war.