Over 21 (1945)
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Based on a play by Ruth Gordon, Over 21 represents the felicitous teaming of two middle-aged but attractive film favorites. Alexander Knox plays newspaper editor Max Wharton, who despite his age, patriotically signs up for Officer Candidate School. The humor arises from the fact that Wharton has trouble adjusting to the rigors of Army life, not to mention the good-natured competition of much-younger OCS aspirants. Meanwhile, Wharton's wife Paula (Irene Dunne) does her best to accommodate her husband's peripatetic military existence, and to ward off Wharton's boss Robert Gow (Charles Coburn), who insists that Max give up this "nonsense" and return to civilian life. Sharply directed and cleverly cast, Over 21 still delivers a full quota of laughs despite the dated quality of the storyline. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Irene Dunne - Paula Wharton
- Charles Coburn - Robert Gow
- Loren Tindall - Roy Lupton
- Phil Brown - Frank MacDougal
- Charles Evans - Col. Foley
- Anne Loos - Mrs. Dumbrowski
- Adelle Roberts - Mrs. Collins
- Michael Owen
- George Peters
- William Hudson - Officer Candidate
- Chuck Hamilton
- James Flavin - Captain
- Lillian Bronson - Secretary
- Forbes Murray - Meredity
- Charles Marsh - Howell
- Marilyn Johnson
- Patricia Jackson
- George Bruggeman
- Billy Lechner - Little Boy
- Alexander Knox - Max Wharton
- Jeff Donnell - Jan Lupton
- Lee Patrick - Mrs. Foley
- Cora Witherspoon - Mrs. Gates
- Pierre Watkin - Joel I. Nixon
- Nanette Parks - Mrs. Clark
- Jean Stevens - Mrs. Greenberg
- Bob Meredith
- John James
- Douglas Henderson
- Jo Gilbert - Officer Candidate's Wife
- George Carleton - Hinkle
- Gladys Blake - Girl
- Carole Mathews
- Robert Emmett Keane - Kennedy
- Dan Stowell - Male Secretary
- Robert B. Williams - Taxi Driver
- Abigail Adams
- Cosmo Sardo - Barber
- Director(s):
- Charles Vidor
- Writer(s):
- Sidney Buchman
- Producer(s):
- Sidney Buchman
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