Over 21 (1945)
- Starring:
- Irene Dunne, Alexander Knox, (more)
- Director(s):
- Charles Vidor
- Format(s):
Synopsis of Over 21
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, Rovi
Complete Cast of Over 21
- 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
- Gladys Blake - Girl
- Jo Gilbert - Officer Candidate's Wife
- John James
- Forbes Murray - Meredity
- Bob Meredith
- Abigail Adams
- George Bruggeman
- Cosmo Sardo - Barber
- George Peters
- Robert Emmett Keane - Kennedy
- William Hudson - Officer Candidate
- James Flavin - Captain
- 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
- George Carleton - Hinkle
- Douglas Henderson
- Charles Marsh - Howell
- Dan Stowell - Male Secretary
- Patricia Jackson
- Billy Lechner - Little Boy
- Robert B. Williams - Taxi Driver
- Michael Owen
- Carole Mathews
- Marilyn Johnson
- Chuck Hamilton
- Lillian Bronson - Secretary
- Director(s):
- Charles Vidor
- Writer(s):
- Sidney Buchman
- Producer(s):
- Sidney Buchman
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