It's one thing to go for laughs and have a comedy team being incompetent while going through basic training, but with a war looming over the United States, writers were very irresponsible in creating the part played by eternal juvenile Eric Linden. Not only does his incompetence get valued papers stolen, but a bunch of scientists (including his own brother) and the spy girl he loves killed.
It's all over new explosives, apparently so powerful and deadly that spies will forgo creating their own. Blonde vixen canteen hostess Constance Worth is obviously no good and even when he escapes her (after breaking out of the brig), he gets hooked up with nosy reporter Ann Doran. Even with all the intrigue, I just found this an insipid, unbelievable story. Someone like Linden would be busy peeling potatoes for sure rather than working as a file clerk for a commanding officer.
There have been plenty of spy movies where the good guys made boo-boo's, but they were always fixable and never threatened the entire security of the country. It's obvious that Linden will dig himself out somehow, and that's the unkindest cut of all. If this didn't have a cast of American actors, I'd think that this was made on the sly by the enemy to be anti-American propaganda.
It's all over new explosives, apparently so powerful and deadly that spies will forgo creating their own. Blonde vixen canteen hostess Constance Worth is obviously no good and even when he escapes her (after breaking out of the brig), he gets hooked up with nosy reporter Ann Doran. Even with all the intrigue, I just found this an insipid, unbelievable story. Someone like Linden would be busy peeling potatoes for sure rather than working as a file clerk for a commanding officer.
There have been plenty of spy movies where the good guys made boo-boo's, but they were always fixable and never threatened the entire security of the country. It's obvious that Linden will dig himself out somehow, and that's the unkindest cut of all. If this didn't have a cast of American actors, I'd think that this was made on the sly by the enemy to be anti-American propaganda.