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Caught in the Draft
“THE BIG LAUGH BLITZ OF 1941”
59%
Movie
1h 22m
AI Analysis
Caught in the Draft (1941) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Caught in the Draft (1941) — a movie tagged as Comedy, Romance, and War with funny and epic moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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 slaps… Our models also surface themes such as ai and family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~82 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Caught in the Draft 59% (19 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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Synopsis
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. Will he ever get his corporal's stripes?
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1941-07-04
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- TMDB rating
- 5.9
- TMDB ID
- 108014
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What is Caught in the Draft about?
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 train... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie Caught in the Draft?
The official runtime for Caught in the Draft is approximately 82 minutes.
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Directors & writers
Cast

Bob Hope
Don Bolton

Dorothy Lamour
Antoinette 'Tony' Fairbanks

Eddie Bracken
Bert Sparks

Lynne Overman
Steve Riggs

Clarence Kolb
Col. Peter Fairbanks

Paul Hurst
Sgt. Burns

Ferike Boros
Yetta

Irving Bacon
Cogswell

Arthur Loft
Movie director

Phyllis Ruth
Margie

Edgar Dearing
Recruiting Sergeant

Marie Blake
Castor Oil Nurse (uncredited)

Dave Willock
Colonel's Orderly (uncredited)

Jimmie Dodd
Patient Hiding Under Bed (uncredited)
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