Buck Privates
“Swing it!”
Synopsis
Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown, two small-time con artists, inadvertently enlist in the Army to escape the police. The officer pursuing them ends up as their drill instructor. In the same unit are a wealthy young man and his former working-class chauffeur, who are competing for the attention of an attractive woman who appears interested in both of them.
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Edited by Philip CahnShot by Jerome Ash
Also known as
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- Gianni e Pinotto recluteit
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16 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Bud Abbott
as Slicker Smith
Lou Costello
as Herbie Brown
Lee Bowman
as Randolph Parker III
Alan Curtis
as Bob Martin
The Andrews Sisters
as The Andrews Sisters
Patty Andrews
as Patty Andrews
Maxene Andrews
as Maxene Andrews
Laverne Andrews
as LaVerne Andrews
Jane Frazee
as Judy Gray
Nat Pendleton
as Sgt. Michael Collins
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