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Buck Privates

ATTENTION! Fall in for the laugh riot of the late lamented war.

1928•1h 10m•

★10.0(1 ratings)

ComedyWar

Overview

Pvt. Smith, an American soldier stationed in a German town during the occupation of Germany after World War I, falls in love with the daughter of the town's leading citizen. The problem is that his sworn enemy, Sgt. Butts, also has designs on the girl. Butts comes up with a plan to get rid of his competition and get the girl for himself, but things don't go quite the way he planned.

Director

Melville W. Brown

Writers

Melville W. Brown, John B. Clymer, Stuart N. Lake

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Main Cast

Lya De Putti

Annie

Malcolm McGregor

John Smith

Zasu Pitts

Hulda

James A. Marcus

Maj. Hartman

Eddie Gribbon

Sgt. Butts

Movies

Comedy

Buck Privates

ATTENTION! Fall in for the laugh riot of the late lamented war.

1928•1h 10m•

★10.0(1 ratings)

ComedyWar

Overview

Director

Melville W. Brown

Writers

Melville W. Brown, John B. Clymer, Stuart N. Lake

Watchlist

Main Cast

Lya De Putti

Annie

Malcolm McGregor

John Smith

Zasu Pitts

Hulda

James A. Marcus

Maj. Hartman

Eddie Gribbon

Sgt. Butts

Taylor N. Duncan

Capt. Marshall (as Captain Ted Duncan)

Bud Jamison

Cupid Dodds

Les Bates

Mose Bloom

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Melville W. Brown

Writing

Writer: Melville W. Brown
Writer: John B. Clymer
Story: Stuart N. Lake

Cinematography

Director of Photography: John Stumar

Keywords

germanysoldier

Did You Know?

The film's tagline is: "ATTENTION! Fall in for the laugh riot of the late lamented war."

The runtime is 70 minutes (1h 10m).

The film was directed by Melville W. Brown.

The screenplay was written by Melville W. Brown and John B. Clymer.

Cinematography was handled by John Stumar.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0018729.

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Rating

10.0/10

Masterpiece

1 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Buck Privates

Status:

Released

Age Rating:

Language:

N/A

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Production Companies:

Universal Pictures

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