Buck Privates
1941
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Buck Privates is a 1941 musical military comedy film that turned Bud Abbott and Lou Costello into bona fide movie stars. It was the first service comedy based on the peacetime draft of 1940. The comedy team made two more service comedies before the United States entered the war (In the Navy and Keep 'Em Flying).
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Jan 26, 2022 · Buck Privates is a 1941 musical military comedy film that turned Bud Abbott and Lou Costello into bona fide movie stars. It was the first service comedy based on the peacetime draft of 1940. The comedy team made two more service comedies before the United States entered the war ( In the Navy and Keep 'Em Flying ).
- Jan 26, 2022
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Buck Privates: Directed by Arthur Lubin. With Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lee Bowman, Jane Frazee. Two sidewalk salesman enlist in the army in order to avoid jail, only to find that their drill instructor is the police officer who tried having them imprisoned.
- (4.7K)
- Comedy, Musical, War
- Arthur Lubin
- 1941-01-31
Brief Synopsis. Two small-time con artists enlist in the Army to avoid the police. Cast & Crew. Read More. Arthur Lubin. Director. Lee Bowman. Randolph Parker III. Alan Curtis. Bob Martin. Bud Abbott. Slicker [Smithy] Smith. Lou Costello. Herbie Brown. The Andrews Sisters. Patty, Maxene, LaVerne [Themselves] Photos & Videos. View All.
- Arthur Lubin, Vernon Keays, Gil Valle
- Lee Bowman
Buck Privates. When two sidewalk salesmen, Slicker Smith (Bud Abbott) and Herbie Brown (Lou Costello), duck into a theater to avoid being busted by the cops, they never expect it will lead to...
- (4.8K)
- Bud Abbott
- Arthur Lubin
- Universal/Universal Int
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Director. Arthur T. Horman. Screenplay. 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.
Buck Privates is a 1941 musical military comedy film that turned Bud Abbott and Lou Costello into bona fide movie stars. It was the first service comedy based on the peacetime draft of 1940. The comedy team made two more service comedies before the United States entered the war .
