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The Adventures of a Rookie
A terrific new comedy twosome in a riot of laughs, gags and gals!
Overview
Two bumbling GIs manage to get themselves invited to a dinner party at a boarding house "for women only". When the cook comes down with scarlet fever, the authorities quarantine the house and the pair find themselves locked up in a house full of attractive women.
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Cast
Wally Brown
Jerry Miles
Alan Carney
Mike Strager
Richard Martin
Bob Prescott
Margaret Landry
Peggy Linden
Erford Gage
Sgt. Burke
Patti Brill
Patsy
Rita Corday
Ruth
Robert Andersen
Sgt. Wilson
Stanley Andrews
Gen. Ames (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Mr. Linden (uncredited)
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