Nightclub entertainer Hap Smith has a new act since his former partner Chick Allen joined the army. With his lovely new female partner, Hap now plays a clownish parody of a soldier. When Chick organises a soldier show at Fort Benning, he realizes he needs his former partner's help—so, to get onto the base, Hap impersonates a hapless real soldier, but circumstances force them to prolong the masquerade, creating an increasingly tangled Army-sized SNAFU.
Directed by Norman Taurog
paratroops
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Cast
Dean Martin
Chick Allen
Jerry Lewis
Hap Smith
Mona Freeman
Betsy Carter
Don DeFore
Lieutenant Kelsey
Robert Strauss
Sergeant McClusky
Richard Erdman
Dogface Dolan
Ray Teal
W.W. Timmons
Marcy McGuire
Julia Loring
Russ Conway
Colonel
Norma Eberhardt
Canteen Hostess
Crew
Norman Taurog
Director
Herbert Baker
Screenplay
Joseph J. Lilley
Original Music Composer
Daniel L. Fapp
Director of Photography
Hal B. Wallis
Producer
Henry Bumstead
Art Direction
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Joseph J. Lilley
Music Director
Mack David
Songs
Popular Reviews
11 reviews
Luca Trumfio
5.0★ · 02/05/26
Maybe I would’ve liked it better if I was a paratrooper in the 1950’s but instead I am a bum watching a Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis movie from 74 years ago.
Maybe I would’ve liked it better if I was a paratrooper in the 1950’s but instead I am a bum watching a Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis movie from 74 years ago.
