Touchdown, Army (1938) DVD-R

Starring John Howard, Mary Carlisle, Robert Cummings, William Frawley,
Owen Davis Jr., Benny Baker, Minor Watson
Directed by Kurt Neumann

Print: black/white
Runtime: 60 min.
Genre: comedy
Print Quality: B

Prep football star Jimmy Howal(Robert Cummings)gets a reception far
different from what he expected when he enters West Point. His cocky
attitude earns him the enmity of many upperclassmen, especially
hot-tempered southerner Brandon Culpepper (John Howard), who also
sees Howal as a rival for beautiful Toni Denby (Mary Carlisle), daughter of
West Point officer Colonel Denby (Minor Watson.) Just before the
Army-Navy football game, Howals' name is posted as failing French, and
the cadets fear he will be kept from playing because of it. (The Paramount
writers overlooked the fact that since Howal was a plebe nee freshman
student, he couldn't have played anyway as freshman weren't eligible for
the varsity in this period.) Toni agrees to tutor Howal, but she,
unknowingly, uses an old examination 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.