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Fall In

  • 19421942
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 45m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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Fall In (1942)
  • Comedy
Captain Gillis (Frank Faylen) puts Sergeant "Dodo" Doubleday (William Tracy), because of his photographic memory, on a candidates list for Officer's Training School ahead of Sergeant William... Read allCaptain Gillis (Frank Faylen) puts Sergeant "Dodo" Doubleday (William Tracy), because of his photographic memory, on a candidates list for Officer's Training School ahead of Sergeant William Ames (Joe Sawyer), much to the dismay of the Ames. The latter, in an effort to make Doubl... Read allCaptain Gillis (Frank Faylen) puts Sergeant "Dodo" Doubleday (William Tracy), because of his photographic memory, on a candidates list for Officer's Training School ahead of Sergeant William Ames (Joe Sawyer), much to the dismay of the Ames. The latter, in an effort to make Doubleday look bad, puts him in charge of the training of the Hatfield clan, a raw-to-the-max g... Read all
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
68
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  • Director
    • Kurt Neumann
  • Writers
    • Eugene Conrad(original screenplay)
    • Edward E. Seabrook(original screenplay)
  • Stars
    • William Tracy
    • Joe Sawyer
    • Robert Barrat
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  • Director
    • Kurt Neumann
  • Writers
    • Eugene Conrad(original screenplay)
    • Edward E. Seabrook(original screenplay)
  • Stars
    • William Tracy
    • Joe Sawyer
    • Robert Barrat
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    • 3User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Jean Porter and William Tracy in Fall In (1942)
    Joe Sawyer and William Tracy in Fall In (1942)
    Rebel Randall, Nancy Brinckman, Rosemary La Planche, Jean Porter, Joe Sawyer, and William Tracy in Fall In (1942)
    Rebel Randall, Joe Sawyer, and William Tracy in Fall In (1942)
    Rebel Randall, Joe Sawyer, and William Tracy in Fall In (1942)
    Jean Porter, Joe Sawyer, and William Tracy in Fall In (1942)
    Rebel Randall, Jean Porter, Joe Sawyer, and William Tracy in Fall In (1942)

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    William Tracy
    William Tracy
    • Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubledayas Sgt. Dorian 'Dodo' Doubleday
    Joe Sawyer
    Joe Sawyer
    • Sgt. William Amesas Sgt. William Ames
    Robert Barrat
    Robert Barrat
    • Col. Elliottas Col. Elliott
    Jean Porter
    Jean Porter
    • Joanas Joan
    Arthur Hunnicutt
    Arthur Hunnicutt
    • Luke Hatfieldas Luke Hatfield
    Rebel Randall
    Rebel Randall
    • Lydia Hummockas Lydia Hummock
    Frank Faylen
    Frank Faylen
    • Capt. Gillisas Capt. Gillis
    Clyde Fillmore
    Clyde Fillmore
    • Arnold Benedictas Arnold Benedict
    Eddie Acuff
    Eddie Acuff
    • Sgt. Toppsas Sgt. Topps
    • (uncredited)
    George Barrows
    George Barrows
    • Fifth Columnist in Brawlas Fifth Columnist in Brawl
    • (uncredited)
    Lane Bradford
    Lane Bradford
    • Military Policemanas Military Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    Chet Brandenburg
    Chet Brandenburg
    • Nazi Agentas Nazi Agent
    • (uncredited)
    Nancy Brinckman
    Nancy Brinckman
    • Canteen Girlas Canteen Girl
    • (uncredited)
    George Bruggeman
    George Bruggeman
    • Sgt. John Mendozeas Sgt. John Mendoze
    • (uncredited)
    Noble 'Kid' Chissell
    Noble 'Kid' Chissell
    • Soldieras Soldier
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Clayton
    • Soldieras Soldier
    • (uncredited)
    Tom Coleman
    • Soldieras Soldier
    • (uncredited)
    Gino Corrado
    Gino Corrado
    • Barberas Barber
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Kurt Neumann
    • Writers
      • Eugene Conrad(original screenplay)
      • Edward E. Seabrook(original screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Captain Gillis (Frank Faylen) puts Sergeant "Dodo" Doubleday (William Tracy), because of his photographic memory, on a candidates list for Officer's Training School ahead of Sergeant William Ames (Joe Sawyer), much to the dismay of the Ames. The latter, in an effort to make Doubleday look bad, puts him in charge of the training of the Hatfield clan, a raw-to-the-max group of recruits from Kentucky. That they are all sharp-shooters does Doubleday no harm. Meanwhile, across town, a highly-respected citizen named Arnold Benedict (Clyde Filmore) and his tall squeeze Lydia (Rebel Randall) open up an in-house canteen for the soldiers. That Arnold is a German Spy comes as no great surprise to students of American history or Hal Roach films. Joan (Jean Porter), Dodo's girl friend (and ample proof that Dodo is smarter than he looks and acts), discovers that all the house-plants in the house are armed with listening devices feeding directly to the basement where most of Hollywood's German-actor colony (most under WWII assumed non-de-plumes) are eavesdropping on the conversations of the soldiers. While Dodo and his MP band of Hatfields are cleaning out this nest of spys, Dodo hears a message on the short-wave announcing the locations and meeting places of all the 5th Column spy rings and, because of his photographic memory, there will be no problem passing this info onto Colonel Elliott (Robert Barrat.) And there wouldn't have been if Dodo hadn't got knocked out and lost his memory. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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      • THOSE FEUDIN' BUDDIES! (original ad - all caps)
    • Genre
      • Comedy
    • Certificate
      • Approved
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    • Trivia
      This film was first purchased for telecast in New York City in mid-1948 by WPIX (Channel 11), as part of their newly acquired series of three dozen Hal Roach feature film productions, originally released theatrically between 1931-43, and now being syndicated for television broadcast by Regal Television Pictures. However, no record of WPIX ever showing the film has been found. Its earliest documented telecast in the New York City area occurred on WJZ (Channel 7), who picked up the Roach package after WPIX was finished with it, on Tuesday 9 August 1949. In Los Angeles, its initial television presentation took place Tuesday 23 November 1948 on KTLA (Channel 5) and in Detroit it was first telecast Saturday 29 October 1949 on WXYZ (Channel 7).
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      Followed by Yanks Ahoy (1943)

    User reviews3

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    Decent Comedy
    Fall In (1942)

    ** 1/2 (out of 4)

    Hal Roach comedy with William Tracy and Joe Sawyer is in the same vein as Tanks a Million. In this film, Tracy plays a Sgt. wiz who can remember anything he reads, which gets him his own platoon but this doesn't with well with the jealous Sawyer. Tracy has to train a bunch of dumb rednecks from Kentucky before finally tracking down some Nazis. I'm not sure how many films were in this series but so far I've enjoyed the two I've seen enough to where I'd seek out the others. These aren't anything great but with the running time of 45-minutes they fly by with some nice laughs along the way. Being from KY, I got a kick out of the redneck training sequence.
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    • Michael_Elliott
    • Feb 26, 2008

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    • Release date
      • March 5, 1943 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Niñas y militares
    • Filming locations
      • Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Hal Roach Studios
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      45 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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