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Buck Privates (1941)

Movie"Swing it!"
Audience Score
66
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NR 1 hr 24 minJan 31st, 1941Comedy, MusicBuck Privates Collection PosterPart of Buck Privates Collection
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.
StarringBud AbbottLou CostelloLee Bowman
DirectorArthur Lubin

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 31st, 1941
On DVD & Blu-ray:April 1st, 1998 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Universal Pictures
Movie Tags:
musicalblack and whitearmy

Buck Privates Collection

Petty con artists, Bud & Lou 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. Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car builder who's trying to find backers for a new midget racer he's building.