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At War With The Army (1950)

• Director
  • Hal Walker
• Writers
  • James B. Allardice(based on a play by)
  • Fred F. Finklehoffe(written for the screen by)
• Stars
  • Dean Martin
  • Jerry Lewis
  • Mike Kellin

  Though At War With the Army was the third film appearance of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, it was the team's first starring vehicle. A pattern is set herein for all the Martin-Lewis flicks to follow: Martin plays a self-assured romeo, forever bursting into song, while Lewis is a hopeless screw-up unable to perform the simplest task without wreaking havoc (in this one, he can't even operate a Coke machine properly). Mike Kellin repeats his Broadway role as M&L's tough topkick while Polly Bergen makes a very brief appearance. Because it has lapsed into public domain, At War with the Army is one of the most available of the Martin and Lewis films.