Buck Privates

Buck Privates

70 mins | Comedy, War | Jan. 29, 1928

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.

Buck Privates

70 mins | Comedy, War | Jan. 29, 1928

Buck Privates
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.
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title Buck Privates
Directors Melville W. Brown
Writers John B. Clymer, Melville W. Brown, Stuart N. Lake

Cast

Lya De Putti

as Annie

Malcolm McGregor

as John Smith

Zasu Pitts

as Hulda

James A. Marcus

as Maj. Hartman

Eddie Gribbon

as Sgt. Butts

Taylor N. Duncan

as Capt. Marshall (as Captain Ted Duncan)

Bud Jamison

as Cupid Dodds

Les Bates

as Mose Bloom