Rookies in Burma is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins from an original screenplay by Edward James.

Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it was released on December 7, 1943, being a sequel to the earlier 1943 film, Adventures of a Rookie.

[3] As in the earlier film, this picture stars the comedy duo of Wally Brown and Alan Carney.

While stationed in Burma, buck privates Jerry Miles and Mike Strager are assigned to kitchen duty when they end up captured and taken to a prisoner-of-war camp with other soldiers, including Sgt.

An elephant helps enable the five to get back to safety, although not before a Japanese tank begins firing at them.