Buck Privates
69 reviews
Comedy/Music
1h 24m
1941
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and...
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Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a pretty girl who seems attracted to both.
- DirectorArthur Lubin
- Release31 January 1941
- Genre
- Duration1h 24m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate69 reviews
- Productions
Universal Pictures
Cast

Bud Abbott
Slicker Smith

Lou Costello
Herbie Brown

Lee Bowman
Randolph Parker III

Jane Frazee
Judy Gray

Alan Curtis
Bob Martin

Nat Pendleton
Sgt. Michael Collins

Laverne Andrews
Laverne Andrews

Maxene Andrews
Maxene Andrews

Patty Andrews
Patty Andrews

Samuel S. Hinds
Maj. Gen. Emerson

Harry Strang
Sgt. Callahan

Nella Walker
Mrs. Parker II

Leonard Elliott
Henry

Shemp Howard
Chef

Dora Clement
Miss Durling - Camp Hostess

Jean Brooks
Camp Hostess

Janet Warren
Camp Hostess

Stanley Blystone
Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)

John Cason
Fighter (uncredited)

Charles Coleman
Edmunds (uncredited)

Kenne Duncan
Sergeant on Sidewalk with Sgt. Collins (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
Officer (uncredited)

James Flavin
Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin
Sergeant Leading Recruits Through Train Station (uncredited)

William Gould
Recruiting Major (uncredited)

Eddie Hall
Craps Player on Train (uncredited)

William Hall
Corporal (uncredited)

J. Anthony Hughes
Capt. Williams (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson
Capt. Johnson (uncredited)

George Magrill
Patrol Car Driver (uncredited)

Jack Mulhall
Medical Examiner (uncredited)

Nell O'Day
Camp Hostess (uncredited)

Jack Perrin
Conductor (uncredited)

Bob Reeves
Conductor (uncredited)

Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Roosevelt (archive footage) (uncredited)

Stanley Smith
Corporal (uncredited)

Tom Tyler
Boxing Match Ring Announcer (uncredited)

Robert Wayne
Lieutenant (uncredited)

Douglas Wood
Randolph Parker II (uncredited)

Carleton Young
Supply Sergeant (uncredited)
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