Junior Army (1942) Online
Well-bred young English refugee Freddie Hewlett (Freddie Bartholomew) saves the life of Jimmie Fletcher (Billy Halop), wild boy of the road, in a fight with juvenile gang leader Bushy Thomas (Huntz Hall). Freddie takes Jimmie with him to his uncle's ranch, and the uncle, Ferguson (Joseph Crehan), sees the possibility of turning him into a decent boy and arranges to have him sent with Freddie to the select Pearson Military School. At Pearson, Freddie,of course, gets along splendidly (not to mention swell), while Jimmie incurs the enmity of his classmates. Not even the gift of an airplane, inspired by Jimmie, to the school by Mr. Ferguson shakes their dislike. Jimmie, who loves engines, is overjoyed while Freddie, with a phobia about planes as a result of a bombing incident in England, is frightened. Jimmie, because of an academic weakness that keeps him from entering the aviation class, steals the mid-term exam test. Freddie, of course, reports him. Jimmie, somewhat hacked because ...
Complete credited cast: | |||
Freddie Bartholomew | - | Freddie Hewlett | |
Billy Halop | - | James 'Jimmie' Fletcher | |
Huntz Hall | - | Bushy Thomas | |
Bobby Jordan | - | Jockey | |
Boyd Davis | - | Maj. E.C. Carter - Academy Commandant | |
William Blees | - | Cadet Capt. Wesley Rogers | |
Richard Noyes | - | Cadet Sgt. Sable | |
Joseph Crehan | - | Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson | |
Don Beddoe | - | Saginaw Jake | |
Charles Lind | - | Cadet Pell | |
Billy Lechner | - | Cadet Baker | |
Peter Lawford | - | Cadet Wilbur | |
Rudolph Anders | - | Horner - Nazi Saboteur (as Robert O. Davis) |