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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302744552
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6302744555
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: October 08, 2002
Running Time: 82 minutes
Sales Rank: 932
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: July 04, 1941
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Scarcely A Trace Of Wit.
Not even Bob Hope, escorted by a raft of fine character actors, can save this poorly written attempt at wartime comedy, as his patented timing has little which which to work. The plot involves a Hollywood film star named Don Bolton (Hope), and his attempt to evade military service at the beginning of World War II, followed by his enlistment by mistake in a confused attempt to court a colonel's daughter (Dorothy Lamour). Bolton's agent, played by Lynne Overman, and his assistant, portrayed by Eddie ... Read More
Rating:  - +1/2 Lightweight pre-war military comedy
Eddie Bracken and Dorothy Lamour star, respectively, as Bob Hope's comedic and romantic foils in this lightweight military comedy. Bob plays Don Bolton, a pampered, smartaleck-y movie star who latches onto marrying Lamour as a way to to avoid the draft ("I'm not a coward," he says, "I'm just allergic to bullets.") The trouble is his would-be wife is also the daughter of a bristly old-school Army Colonel, and she shares daddy's distaste for shirkers. Their love-hate relationship slowly tilts towards ... Read More
Rating:  - Pleasing wartime Bob Hope effort
"Caught In The Draft" is an amusing film not well known today and certainly it is not one of Bob Hope's more frequently seen films. I believe the reason for this was that it was definately a product of its time, as America was preparing to move into the Second World War and was just feeling its way about such issues as conscription and compulsory training of soldiers.
Adapted as a vechicle for Bob Hope's very unique style of comedy acting it is a pleasant and at times very amusing film. While ... Read More
Rating:  - Hilarious!
This is one of Bob Hope's least known and least appreciated films, but it's a gem. Bob gives his patented "dumb, naive" characterization, and it will have you in stitches. The scene where Hope tries to drive a tank while his sight is obstructed will have you on the floor laughing hysterically.
If you are a fan of Bob Hope, movies of the World War II era, and if you just like to be entertained, this movie is for you.
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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302744552
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6302744555
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: October 08, 2002
Running Time: 82 minutes
Sales Rank: 932
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: July 04, 1941