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