# Okay, what was this movie?

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**Created:** [October 14, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-what-was-this-movie/422702 "2007-10-14T18:55:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-what-was-this-movie/422702/1 "2007-10-14T18:55:24Z")

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Something I caught the end of a while back, probably on TCM. Black & white; the plot involves a military school. Right before the credits, the cadets get together and sing “You’ve got to knuckle down, (name of school), knuckle down. You’ve got to knuckle down, (name of school), oh you’ve got to knuckle down…”

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**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-what-was-this-movie/422702/2 "2007-10-14T19:04:09Z")

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I bet it was [Best Foot Forward](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035675/), with the song “Buckle Down, Winsocki”.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-what-was-this-movie/422702/3 "2007-10-14T19:06:49Z")

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“Winsocki!” Yeah, that was it! Thanks.

😃