Two soldier friends vie for the affections of the Sergeant Major's daughter, against a background of military pomp and adventure.Two soldier friends vie for the affections of the Sergeant Major's daughter, against a background of military pomp and adventure.Two soldier friends vie for the affections of the Sergeant Major's daughter, against a background of military pomp and adventure.
Arnold Bell
- Matthews
- (uncredited)
Arthur Chesney
- Suger Daddy
- (uncredited)
Atholl Fleming
- Military Instructor
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFilmed in 1936.
- Quotes
Schoolmaster: Dean. Tell us what you know about the Western Hemisphere.
Jimmy Tracy: Well, there's hemispheres and there's hemispheres, but the Western Hemisphere is more west than any hemisphere in the world. 'Course there are other hemispheres but none of them is further west than the Western Hemisphere...
- SoundtracksTurning the Town Upside Down
Written by Samuel Lerner, Al Goodhart and Al Hoffman
Featured review
You'll either love it or hate it. John Mills probably hated it, playing a decidedly secondary role as British straight man to Wallace Ford's eccentrically comic Yankee soldier who has somehow found his way into the British army. Ford's wise-cracking character steals every scene and the only question is whether he'll also steal John Mills' girl.
From its outset the movie tries to achieve too much - it wants to be a comedy, a romance, a serious drama and a military propaganda piece. It's hard to strike the right balance between so many competing objectives and the inevitable result is that it does not achieve distinction in any ofthem.
Just one of the numerous imbalances in the movie is the inclusion of too many lengthy items of newsreel footage showing ranks of military horsemen and precision marching foot soldiers training in Britain in the late 1930s. These skills seem woefully unsuitable for the imminent mechanized blitzkrieg about to engulf Europe as the movie was being made. It's sad confirmation of the adage that every army is only prepared to fight its previous war.
From its outset the movie tries to achieve too much - it wants to be a comedy, a romance, a serious drama and a military propaganda piece. It's hard to strike the right balance between so many competing objectives and the inevitable result is that it does not achieve distinction in any ofthem.
Just one of the numerous imbalances in the movie is the inclusion of too many lengthy items of newsreel footage showing ranks of military horsemen and precision marching foot soldiers training in Britain in the late 1930s. These skills seem woefully unsuitable for the imminent mechanized blitzkrieg about to engulf Europe as the movie was being made. It's sad confirmation of the adage that every army is only prepared to fight its previous war.
Details
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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