Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat. After wronging a vicious gambler, Spanky and Buckwheat are forced to jump ship. Finding solace at a nearby house, the two are picked by Marshall Valiant for an important mission. This inspires Spanky to organize the local kids to form a small army of their own.
George McFarland
Spanky Leonard
Phillips Holmes
Marshall Valient
Ralph Morgan
Yankee General
Irving Pichel
Simmons
Rosina Lawrence
Louella Blanchard
Billie Thomas
Buckwheat
Carl Switzer
Alfalfa
Hobart Bosworth
Colonel Blanchard
Robert Middlemass
Overseer
Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat. After wronging a vicious gambler, Spanky and Buckwheat are forced to jump ship. Finding solace at a nearby house, the two are picked by Marshall Valiant for an important mission. This inspires Spanky to organize the local kids to form a small army of their own.
A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance, they must look like they are fighting. To sort this out an intelligence officer is sent in. Meanwhile the festival gets complicated with the Mayors daughter.
Georgia farm boy Will Stockdale is about to bust with pride. He’s been drafted. Will’s ready. But is Uncle Sam ready for Will?
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
Sergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very last platoon of newly called-up National Servicemen. But a motley bunch they turn out to be, and it's up to Grimshawe to put the no-hopers through their paces.
Lieutenant Rip Crandall is hoodwinked into taking command of the "Wackiest Ship in the Navy" – a real garbage scow with a crew of misfits who don't know a jib from a jigger. What none of them knows, including Crandall, is that this ship has a very important top-secret mission to complete in waters patrolled by the Japanese fleet. Their mission will save hundreds of allied lives – if only they can get there in one piece.
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a pretty girl who seems attracted to both.
ภาพยนตร์แนวตลกร้ายในแบบ ฟิล์ม นัวร์ มีเนื้อหาเสียดสีสังคม สร้างจากนวนิยายที่มีเนื้อหาเกี่ยวกับสงครามเย็น และการยิงระเบิดนิวเคลียร์ ชื่อ Red ของ ปีเตอร์ จอร์จ บทนำในเรื่องรับบทโดย ปีเตอร์ เซลเลอร์ส ซึ่งแสดงเป็น 3 ตัวละครหลัก คือ ด็อกเตอร์สเตรนจ์เลิฟ, ประธานาธิบดีสหรัฐอเมริกา เมอร์กิน มัฟฟลีย์ และนาวาอากาศเอก ไลออนเนล แมนเดรก
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
พบว่าท็อปเปอร์ ฮาร์ลีย์ทำงานเป็นพนักงานชั่วคราวในวัดแห่งหนึ่ง ซีไอเอต้องการให้เขาเป็นผู้นำภารกิจกู้ภัยในอิรัก เพื่อช่วยเหลือทีมกู้ภัยชุดสุดท้ายที่เข้าไปช่วยเหลือตัวประกันที่ถูกทิ้งไว้หลังปฏิบัติการพายุทะเลทราย
War stories about family, ethics and honor include the true story of two U.S. Marines who in a span of six seconds, must stand their ground to stop a suicide truck bomb, a Navy Corpsman who attempts to hold on to his humanity, and a WW2 soldier who gets separated from his squad and is forced to re-evaluate his code.