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Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddies, Pop enlists the aid of the studio's dizzy switchboard operator in pulling off the charade. Things get more complicated when Pop agrees to put together a show for the Navy starring Paramount's top contract players.

The Paramount Musical Comedy Of All Time!

Genres: Comedy, Music

Starring: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Fred MacMurray

Released: March 5, 1942

Runtime: 99.0

Popularity Rating: 0.538

Paramount Pictures

United States of America

Bing Crosby - 'Old Glory' Number Bing Crosby
Bob Hope - Master of Ceremonies Bob Hope
Frank in Card-Playing Skit Fred MacMurray
John in Card-Playing Skit Franchot Tone
Joe in Card-Playing Skit Ray Milland
William 'Bronco Billy' Webster Victor Moore
Dick Powell - ' Hit the Road to Dreamland' Number Dorothy Lamour
Paulette Goddard - 'Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang' Number Paulette Goddard
Dick Powell - ' Hit the Road to Dreamland' Number Vera Zorina
Mary Martin - 'Hit the Road to Dreamland' Number Mary Martin
Dick Powell - ' Hit the Road to Dreamland' Number Dick Powell
Polly Judson Betty Hutton
Johnny Webster Eddie Bracken
Veronica Lake - Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang Number Veronica Lake
Alan Ladd - Scarface Skit Alan Ladd
Rochester - 'Sharp as a Tack' Number Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Herman the Husband in Bob Hope Skit William Bendix
Colonna - Bob Hope Skit Jerry Colonna
Louie the Lug in Skit Macdonald Carey
B.G. DeSoto Walter Abel
Genevieve in Priorities Skit Susan Hayward
Marjorie Reynolds - Swing Shift Skit Marjorie Reynolds
Betty Rhodes - Swing Shift Skit Betty Jane Rhodes
Dona Drake - Swing Shift Skit Dona Drake
Mark in Card Playing Skit Lynne Overman
Gary Crosby Gary Crosby
Johnnie Johnson - 'That Old Black Magic' Number Johnny Johnston
High Pockets Gil Lamb
Mimi Cass Daley
Murgatroyd in Priorities Skit Ernest Truex
Katherine - 'Smart as a Tack' Number Katherine Dunham
Arthur Treacher - 'Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang' Number Arthur Treacher
Walter - 'Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang' Number Walter Catlett
Sterling - 'Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang' Number Sterling Holloway
Golden Gate Quartette The Golden Gate Quartette
Specialty Act Walter Darewahl
Cecil B. DeMille Cecil B. DeMille
Preston Sturges Preston Sturges
Ralph Murphy Ralph Murphy
New England Farmer - 'Old Glory' Number (uncredited) Irving Bacon
Petty Officer (uncredited) Rod Cameron
Albert Dekker (uncredited) Albert Dekker
Ellen Drew (uncredited) Ellen Drew
Adolf Hitler - 'Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang' Number (uncredited) Tom Dugan
Soldier - 'That Old Black Magic' Number (uncredited Frank Faylen
Eva Gabor (uncredited) Eva Gabor
Frances Gifford (uncredited) Frances Gifford
Cecil Kellaway (uncredited) Cecil Kellaway
Emperor Hirohito - 'Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang' Number (uncredited) Richard Loo
Diana Lynn (uncredited) Diana Lynn
Man from Brooklyn - 'Old Glory' Number (uncredited) Matt McHugh
Dancer - 'Sharp as a Tack' Number (uncredited) Juanita Moore
Man With Preston Sturges (uncredited) Frank Moran
Benito Mussolini - 'Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang' Number (uncredited) Paul Porcasi
Robert Preston (uncredited) Robert Preston
Sarah (uncredited) Anne Revere
Officer with Capt. Kingsley (uncredited) Keith Richards
Rochester's Motorcycle Chauffeur (uncredited) Woody Strode

Art — Art Direction: Ernst Fegte
Art — Art Direction: Hans Dreier
Art — Set Decoration: Stephen Seymour
Camera — Director of Photography: John F. Seitz
Camera — Director of Photography: Leo Tover
Camera — Director of Photography: Theodor Sparkuhl
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Edith Head
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Artist: Wally Westmore
Directing — Director: George Marshall
Editing — Editor: Paul Weatherwax
Production — Producer: Joseph Sistrom
Writing — Screenplay: George S. Kaufman
Writing — Screenplay: Melvin Frank
Writing — Screenplay: Norman Panama