Half Shot at Sunrise (1930 Pre-Code Comedy film)

Half Shot at Sunrise is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film starring the comedy duo Wheeler & Woolsey and Dorothy Lee. Their fourth film together, it was the second starring vehicle for the two, following the success of The Cuckoos, which had been released earlier in 1930. Directed by Paul Sloane, from a screenplay by Anne Caldwell, James Ashmore Creelman, Ralph Spence, and Fatty Arbuckle, which had been tailored to highlight the comedic talents of Wheeler and Woolsey.

Plot
During World War I, two American Doughboys, Tommy Turner and Gilbert Simpson, are more interested in picking up girls than in military duty. In Paris, they go AWOL in order to follow their libertine pursuits. They alternate between impersonating officers in order to impress the ladies, and avoiding being found out by the military police. During their hijinks, the pair accidentally steal the car of Colonel Marshall (their commanding officer), which is how Tommy meets and falls in love with Annette, who unbeknownst to him is Colonel Marshall's younger daughter.

Cast
Bert Wheeler as Tommy Turner
Robert Woolsey as Gilbert Simpson
Dorothy Lee as Annette Marshall
Hugh Trevor as Lieutenant Jim Reed
Edna May Oliver as Mrs. Marshall
Eddie De Lange as MP
E. H. Calvert as General Hale
Alan Roscoe as Captain Jones
John Rutherford as MP Sergeant
George MacFarlane as Colonel Marshall
Roberta Robinson as Eileen Marshall
Leni Stengel as Olga