Nightclub entertainer Hap Smith (Jerry Lewis) has a new act since his former partner Chick Allen (Dean Martin) joined the army, with lovely new partner Betsy Carter (Mona Freeman).
Chick – who is now a paratrooper – is organising a talent show at Fort Benning, Georgia, and finds he needs his old partner’s help when the ‘real’ talent in the army is found sadly lacking.
Hap impersonates a hapless real soldier, Dogface Dolan (Richard Erdman) but circumstances force them to prolong the masquerade, creating an increasingly tangled Army-sized snafu.
Men of the real 508th Airborne were used in several scenes.
Cpl. Chick Allen
Dean Martin Hap Smith
Jerry Lewis Betsy Carter
Mona Freeman Lt. Kelsey
Don DeFore Sgt. McClusky
Robert Strauss Pvt. Dogface Dolan
Richard Erdman Brig. Gen. W.W. Timmons
Ray Teal Julia Loring
Marcy McGuire Pvt. Evans
Danny Arnold
Director
Norman Taurog
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