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Movie

Buck Privates

Swing it!

1941 · NR · 1h 24m

Directed by Arthur Lubin

6.8

TMDB audience score
78 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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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

  • M.J. Frankovich
    Announcer

  • Dora Clement
    Miss Durling - Camp Hostess

  • Jean Brooks
    Camp Hostess

  • Janet Warren
    Camp Hostess