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Tanks a Million (1941)

Tanks a Million poster
Directed by
Fred Guiol
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rated
NR
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A whiz-kid sergeant and his rival bicker and compete while stationed at a military base. The film follows their antics and clashes as they try to outdo each other.

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What happens

Tanks a Million is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Fred Guiol. It was the first of Hal Roach's Streamliners, short films under an hour designed for the lower half of a double feature. The two leading characters, whiz-kid sergeant Doubleday (played by William Tracy) and his rival Sergeant Ames (Joe Sawyer), would go on to feature in seven more films, though the series has no overall title. Despite the title and military setting, no tanks are seen in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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