Adventures of a Rookie (1943)
Wally Brown and Alan Carney, RKO's prefab "answer" to Universal's Abbott and Costello, made their joint starring debut in Adventures of a Rookie. The boys play a couple of GIs on leave, who attend a party at a girls' boarding house. The fun begins when the house is quarantined during a scarlet fever epidemic, forcing our heroes to stay with their lovely hostesses indefinitely. Typical of the humor level is the following exchange: "My stomach's too fat." "Why don't you diet?" "But I like it this color." Primitive though it may have been, Adventures of a Rookie posted a $198,000 profit for RKO, leading to a three-year series of low-budget, lowbrow Brown & Carney vehicles. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Wally Brown, Alan Carney, (more)
- Director(s):
- Leslie Goodwins
Synopsis of Adventures of a Rookie
Wally Brown and Alan Carney, RKO's prefab "answer" to Universal's Abbott and Costello, made their joint starring debut in Adventures of a Rookie. The boys play a couple of GIs on leave, who attend a party at a girls' boarding house. The fun begins when the house is quarantined during a scarlet fever epidemic, forcing our heroes to stay with their lovely hostesses indefinitely. Typical of the humor level is the following exchange: "My stomach's too fat." "Why don't you diet?" "But I like it this color." Primitive though it may have been, Adventures of a Rookie posted a $198,000 profit for RKO, leading to a three-year series of low-budget, lowbrow Brown & Carney vehicles. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Adventures of a Rookie
- Wally Brown - Jerry Miles
- Richard Martin - Bob Prescott
- Margaret Landry - Peggy Linden
- Robert Anderson - Sgt. Wilson
- Ruth Lee - Mrs. Linden
- Ercelle Woods - Margaret
- Byron Foulger - Mr. Linden
- Rita Corday - Ruth
- Alan Carney - Mike Strager
- Erford Gage - Sgt. Burke
- Patti Brill - Patsy
- John Hamilton - Colonel
- Lorraine Krueger - Eve
- Toddy Peterson - Betty
- Jimmie Dugan - Soldier
- Director(s):
- Leslie Goodwins
- Writer(s):
- William Bowers, Edward James
- Producer(s):
- Bert Gilroy
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