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Off Limits (1953)

Off Limits poster
Directed by
George Marshall
Genre
comedy film, boxing film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A manager enlists in the army to watch over his boxer who has been drafted. The manager and his boxer end up joining the military police.

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What happens

Off Limits is a 1953 American comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney and Marilyn Maxwell. Hope plays a manager who enlists in the army to keep an eye on his boxer, who has been drafted. The picture was written by Hal Kanter and Jack Sher, and was released in the UK as Military Policemen, as the characters played by Hope and Rooney join the military police. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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