Tanks a Million

Tanks a Million

Salute to Fun!

NR 1941 · 50 min · ★ 5.8 · Comedy

Chubby William Tracy starred as Dodo Doubleday, a feckless Army draftee blessed (or cursed) with a photographic memory. Inexplicably promoted to sergeant, Doubleday becomes the bane of topkick Sgt. Ames' (Joe Sawyer) existence.

Directed by Fred Guiol · Written by Edward E. Seabrook

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