''Doin' Their Bit'' is a 1942 ''

Our Gang ''Our Gang'' (also known as ''The Little Rascals'' or ''Hal Roach's Rascals'') is an American series of comedy short films chronicling a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures. Created by film producer Hal Roach, also the ...

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comedy film directed by

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. This was the first short with Herbert Glazer as ''Our Gangs regular director. It was the 207th ''Our Gang'' short to be released.

Plot

Hoping to entertain the military troops stationed in Greenpoint, Mr. Wills organizes the gang into a junior USO troupe. In addition to performing a "boot camp" sketch, the gang participates in a brace of production numbers.

Cast

The Gang

* Billy Laughlin as Froggy *

Janet Burston Janet Elizabeth Burston (January 11, 1935 – March 3, 1998) was an American child actress who was the final leading lady in the ''Our Gang'' short subjects series, replacing Darla Hood in 1942. Career Burston began her film career in the ...

as Janet * Mickey Gubitosi as Mickey *

George McFarland George McFarland (October 2, 1928 – June 30, 1993) was an American actor most famous for starring as a child as Spanky in the ''Our Gang'' series of short-subject comedies of the 1930s and 1940s. The ''Our Gang'' shorts were later syndicated ...

as Spanky * Billie Thomas as Buckwheat

Additional cast

* Beverly Hudson as Miss Liberty * Walter Wills as Mr. Wills * Freddie Chapman as Messenger boy / Union of South Africa * Vincent Graeff as Taxi driver / Poland * Edward Soo Hoo as

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* Valerie Lee as Luxembourg * Lawrence Long, Jr. as Milkman / Uruguay * Freddie Walburn as Free France

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