On Dress Parade

The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a military school.

Cast

Billy Halop

as Cadet Maj. Rollins

Bobby Jordan

as Cadet Ronny Morgan

Huntz Hall

as Cadet Johnny Cabot

Gabriel Dell

as Cadet Georgie Warren

Leo Gorcey

as Slip Duncan

Bernard Punsly

as Dutch (as Bernard Punsley)

John Litel

as Col. Michael Riker

Frankie Thomas

as Cadet Lt. Murphy

Cecilia Loftus

as Mrs. Neeley

Selmer Jackson

as Capt. Evans Dover

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