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Touchdown, Army
Touchdown, Army
	Newspaper advertisement
Directed by	Kurt Neumann
Screenplay by	Lloyd Corrigan; Erwin S. Gelsey
Produced by	Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Starring	John Howard; Mary Carlisle; Robert Cummings; William Frawley; Owen Davis Jr.; Benny Baker
Cinematography	Victor Milner
Edited by	Arthur P. Schmidt
Music by	John Leipold
Production; company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	October 7, 1938;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Touchdown, Army retitled Generals of Tomorrow in the UK is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Kurt Neumann, written by Lloyd Corrigan and Erwin S. Gelsey, and starring John Howard, Mary Carlisle, Robert Cummings, William Frawley, Owen Davis Jr., and Benny Baker. It was released on October 7, 1938, by Paramount Pictures.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

Army University football player, Jimmy Howal, gets a reception far different from what he expected when he enters West Point. His cocky attitude makes everyone opposed to him, especially hot-tempered southerner, Brandon Culpepper, who also sees Howal as a rival for beautiful Toni Denby; daughter of West Point officer Colonel Denby. Howal is failing French prior to the Army-Navy game, and the cadets fear he will be kept from playing because of it. Toni then tutors Howal, but she, unknowingly, uses an old exam which is the basis for the new test. Howal realizes what has happened when he passes the exam with flying colors and suspects Toni of having set out to make a fool of him.

Cast

John Howard as Cadet Brandon Culpepper
Mary Carlisle as Toni Denby
Robert Cummings as Cadet Jimmy Howal
William Frawley as Jack Heffernan
Owen Davis Jr. as Cadet Kirk Reynolds
Benny Baker as Cadet Dick Mycroft
Minor Watson as Col. Denby
Raymond Hatton as Bob Haskins

Production

Lew Ayres was meant to play a lead but Robert Cummings – who was already in the cast – took the part instead, promoted from a more subsidiary role.^[4] Filming started June 1938.^[5]

References

^ Touchdown, Army (1938) at the TCM Movie Database
^ Hal Erickson (2015). "Touchdown-Army – Trailer – Cast – Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
^ "Touchdown, Army". Afi.com. 1938-10-07. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
^ Schallert, Edwin (June 21, 1938). "Elaine Barrymore to Join Husband in Film". Los Angeles Times. p. 11.
^ "SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD". New York Times. 17 June 1938. p. 25.