Buck Privates
Buck Privates
Release: 1941-01-31
·Runtime: 84m
·★ 6.7
Comedy
Music
War
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Universal Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Alan Curtis
as Bob Martin
Harry Strang
as Sgt. Callahan
J. Anthony Hughes
as Capt. Williams (uncredited)
Nell O'Day
as Camp Hostess (uncredited)
Lou Costello
as Herbie Brown
Nat Pendleton
as Sgt. Michael Collins
Laverne Andrews
as Laverne Andrews
Patty Andrews
as Patty Andrews
George Magrill
as Patrol Car Driver (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
as Officer (uncredited)
Stanley Smith
as Corporal (uncredited)
Jean Brooks
as Camp Hostess
Jack Perrin
as Conductor (uncredited)
Douglas Wood
as Randolph Parker II (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds
as Maj. Gen. Emerson
Dora Clement
as Miss Durling - Camp Hostess
Harold Goodwin
as Sergeant Leading Recruits Through Train Station (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall
as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
as Conductor (uncredited)
Jane Frazee
as Judy Gray
William Hall
as Corporal (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
as Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
Shemp Howard
as Chef
Robert Wayne
as Lieutenant (uncredited)
Bud Abbott
as Slicker Smith
William Gould
as Recruiting Major (uncredited)
Carleton Young
as Supply Sergeant (uncredited)
Leonard Elliott
as Henry
Franklin D. Roosevelt
as President Roosevelt (archive footage) (uncredited)
Maxene Andrews
as Maxene Andrews
Janet Warren
as Camp Hostess
Stanley Blystone
as Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
Kenne Duncan
as Sergeant on Sidewalk with Sgt. Collins (uncredited)
Tom Tyler
as Boxing Match Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Lee Bowman
as Randolph Parker III
John Cason
as Fighter (uncredited)
James Flavin
as Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
as Craps Player on Train (uncredited)
Nella Walker
as Mrs. Parker II
Charles Coleman
as Edmunds (uncredited)
