Excellent comedy

Rating: 10/10 (30 January 2001)

1939: the Nazis invade Poland. Joseph Tura (Jack Benny) and his theatrical troupe fight them. That's the bare bones--there's a lot more but see the movie to find out. A very intricate, funny script and excellent performances keep this going. Benny is funny in the lead, but Carole Lombard is letter-perfect as his wife. Also it's fun to see Robert Stack so young and handsome with gleaming white teeth as a lieutenant helping them. Some may find it hard to laugh at considering the subject matter (the film was a bomb in 1942), but it works.