Starring Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Eddie Bracken, Lynne Overman, Clarence Kolb, Paul Hurst
(8-Exceptional Film)
Farcical. Inspired. Winning.
It’s 1941, World War II looms, and fussy, self-serving Hollywood actor, Don Bolton (Hope), is wary of the possibility for a military draft. Attempting to get ahead of it and out of its way, he exploits a loophole that would excuse him. If he gets married, he’s exempt. The problem is, he needs to find a girl. Setting his sights on the beautiful Antoinette Fairbanks (Lamour) turns out to be a mistake since her father is a Colonel and once she figures out what he’s up to, she despises him. And by this time, Don’s fallen in love with her for real, so he has to prove that he’s not a coward to win her back. Eddie Bracken and Lynn Overman play Don’s friend and agent, respectively, and go with him down any insane scheme he comes up with. Inspired farce with one great scene after another, Caught in the Draft represents one of Hope’s best comedies.
-Walter Tyrone Howard-
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