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04/10/1941 Comedy, War 0h 20m
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Overview

Educational short about the status of battle tanks and tank training in the U.S. Army in pre-War 1941, featuring a comical Army trainee from the Bronx.

  1. B. Reeves Eason

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. George Tobias

    Malowski

  2. Richard Travis

    Pete

  3. Gig Young

    Jim Allen

  4. Frank Wilcox

    Colonel

  5. Knox Manning

    Narrator

  6. Byron Barr

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-02-08
George Tobias is quite amusing here as the New York taxi driver "Malowski" who heeds President Roosevelt's stirring call to arms in 1941 and - much to the disbelief of his gal - joins up. He decides to drive his cab all the way to Fort Knox in Kentucky where he enlists and is trained on the rudiments of learning how to drive a tank. I'm not sure this is really about tanks at all, it's more of an educational training film that extols the virtues of the US Army, it's training and equipment - all with a view to tugging at some patriotic heart-strings and increasing recruitment. Some of the commen...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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