Home Guard lance-corporal forever losing and winning back his stripe, involved in the rivalry between Major and Minor Wallop, Home Guard Divisions. Finally wins through and is made a sergeant after inventing a secret weapon - a home made tank.
Brendan Ryan

Leslie Halliwell's Film Guide
George joins the home guard, adequate star comedy.

Perhaps this could be regarded as a forerunner to the famed BBC "Dad's Army" series which was shown 30 years later? One of the better Columbia films although the atmosphere is spoilt by the silhouette of the chap sitting
in the cinema and talking to George on screen - silly.
Peter Pollard

GET CRACKING
Columbia
Produced by: Marcel Varnel & Ben Henry
Writers: L. DuGarde Peach
Director: Marcel Varnel

Trade Show: March 23 1943; Released on: May 3 1943

Cast: George Formby, Edward Rigby, Frank Pettingell, Dinah Sheridan Ronald Shiner, Wally Patch, Irene Handl, Vera Frances.

SONGS:
Under The Blasted Oak (Formby/Cliffe)
Home Guard Blues (Formby/Godfrey/Cliffe)
Get Cracking (Formby/Latta)