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Plot

In this comedy set during WW I, two crazy vaudevillians try their new act out on their agent. He thinks it is a real dud and the boys end up working as mule skinners in France. While there, they meet a French officer's American daughter. Mayhem ensues when they are mistaken German spies necessitating their escape in a hot-air balloon. Unfortunately, the balloon ends up in Germany, and now the duo must get back to France. Along the way, they capture a German genera.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Comedy
Run Time:
75min.
Distributor(s):
20th Century Fox
Director(s):
H. Bruce Humberstone
Starring:
Jane Withers , The Ritz Brothers [Al, Jimmy, Harry] , Lynn Bari , Joseph Schildkraut , Stanley Fields
Keywords:
America,France,General,Germany,agent [representative],army,audition,balloon,brother,capture,daughter,employment,escape,jokes,military,mistake,mistaken-identity,officer,problems,producer [showbiz],sergeant,soldier,war