Buck Privates
ATTENTION! Fall in for the laugh riot of the late lamented war.
1928 | 70m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Melville W. Brown |
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| Writer: | Melville W. Brown, Stuart N. Lake, John B. Clymer |
| Staring: |
| Pvt. Smith, an American soldier stationed in a German town during the occupation of Germany after World War I, falls in love with the daughter of the town's leading citizen. The problem is that his sworn enemy, Sgt. Butts, also has designs on the girl. Butts comes up with a plan to get rid of his competition and get the girl for himself, but things don't go quite the way he planned. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 29, 1928 |
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| Director: | Melville W. Brown |
| Writer: | Melville W. Brown, Stuart N. Lake, John B. Clymer |
| Genres: | War, Comedy |
| Keywords | germany, soldier |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 27, 2026 Entered: Jul 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Lya De Putti | Annie |
| Malcolm McGregor | John Smith |
| Zasu Pitts | Hulda |
| James A. Marcus | Maj. Hartman |
| Eddie Gribbon | Sgt. Butts |
| Taylor N. Duncan | Capt. Marshall (as Captain Ted Duncan) |
| Bud Jamison | Cupid Dodds |
| Les Bates | Mose Bloom |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Melville W. Brown | Writer, Director |
| John Stumar | Director of Photography |
| Stuart N. Lake | Story |
| John B. Clymer | Writer |
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| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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