Junior Army
1942 film directed by Lew Landers
- November 26, 1942 (1942-11-26) (US)
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Junior Army is a 1942 American film directed by Lew Landers, starring Freddie Bartholomew,[1] Billy Halop, and Huntz Hall, and released by Columbia Pictures.[2]
Plot
An English refugee, Freddie Hewlett, saves Jimmie Fletcher's life during an altercation with gang leader Bushy Thomas. He then proceeds to try and make a reformed man out of him.
Cast
- Freddie Bartholomew as Freddie Hewlett
- Billy Halop as James Fletcher
- Huntz Hall as Bushy Thomas
- Bobby Jordan as Jockey
- Boyd Davis as Maj. E.C. Carter
- William Blees as Cadet Capt. Wesley Rogers
- Richard Noyes as Cadet Sgt. Sable
- Joseph Crehan as Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson
- Don Beddoe as Saginaw Jake
- Charles Lind as Cadet Pell
- Billy Lechner as Cadet Baker
- Peter Lawford as Cadet Wilbur
- Rudolph Anders as Horner - Nazi Saboteur
Cultural impact
The film is one of the earliest attempts to portray juveniles in a positive light during World War II.[3]
References
- ^ Joseph Fusco (December 2012). Beyond Dead End: The Solo Careers of The Dead End Kids. BearManor Media. pp. 37–. GGKEY:4SP2GEDC3BD.
- ^ "Junior Army".
- ^ Michael S. Shull (27 July 2006). Hollywood War Films, 1937_ÑÐ1945: An Exhaustive Filmography of American Feature-Length Motion Pictures Relating to World War II. McFarland. pp. 270–. ISBN 978-1-4766-2178-4.
External links
- Junior Army at IMDb
