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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

[Fusco2012-1] Joseph Fusco (December 2012). Beyond Dead End: The Solo Careers of The Dead End Kids. BearManor Media. pp. 37–. GGKEY:4SP2GEDC3BD.

[2] "Junior Army".

[Shull2006-3] 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.

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