Overlord (1975), The Square Peg (1958), You'll Never Get Rich (1941), Caught in the Draft (1941), Alice's Restaurant (1969) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Military Draft movies.
Storyline: During the Second World War a young lad is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-day.
Plot Keywords: private, drill instructor, soldier, girl, mother, father, profound ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Norman and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when they come into conflict with the military. Shortly afterwards, they get drafted and fall into the clutches of the Sergeant they have just bested. They are sent to France to repair roads in front of the Allied advance but get captured. Norman takes advantage of a useful similarity to impersonate General Schreiber and manages to return a hero.—Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: road worker, colonel, sergeant, private, british soldier, resistance leader, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After his wife discovers a telltale diamond bracelet, impresario Martin Cortland tries to show he's not chasing after showgirl Sheila Winthrop. Choreographer Robert Curtis gets caught in the middle of the boss's scheme. Army conscription offers Robert the perfect escape from his troubles- or does it?—Diana Hamilton <hamilton@gl.umbc.edu>
Plot Keywords: dancer, chorus girl, captain, wife, boyfriend, producer, uplifting ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Don Bolton is a movie star who can't stand loud noises. To evade the draft, he decides to get married...but falls for a colonel's daughter. By mistake, he and his two cronies enlist. In basic training, Don hopes to make a good impression on the fair Antoinette and her father, but his military career is largely slapstick. Will he ever get his corporal's stripes?—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: movie star, coward, love interest, colonel, father, assistant, madcap ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Arlo Guthrie's song is converted into a motion picture. Arlo goes to see Alice for Thanksgivng and as a favor takes her trash to the dump. When the dump is closed, he drops it on top of another pile of garbage at the bottom of a ravine. When the local sheriff finds out a major manhunt begins. Arlo manages to survive the courtroom experience but it haunts him when he is to be inducted into the army via the draft. The movie follows the song with Arlo's voice over as both music and narration.—John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
Plot Keywords: activist, hippie, singer, quirky, madcap, restaurant, courtroom ...
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