Junior Army

 ( 1942 Films ) 

Junior Army is a 1942 American film directed by Lew Landers, starring Freddie Bartholomew, Billy Halop, and Huntz Hall, and released by Columbia Pictures.

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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.

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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

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Cultural impact The film is one of the earliest attempts to portray juveniles in a positive light during World War II.

Michael S. Shull (2006). 9781476621784, McFarland. . ISBN 9781476621784

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