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Buck Privates

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Buck Privates
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NR,1hr 24min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1941
Director:
Arthur Lubin
Distributor:
Universal Studios
Starring:
Lee Bowman, Alan Curtis, Bud Abbott  ...more
Synopsis: Filmed on a B-picture budget, Buck Privates was Universal's biggest box-office hit of 1941, firmly securing the movie popularity of the studio's hot new team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. The story is fairly evenly divided between the antics of Bud and Lou-here cast as sidewalk salesmen Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown-and the romantic triangle involving Randolph Parker III (Lee Bowman), Judy Gray (Jane Frazee) and Bob Martin (Alan Curtis). Escaping the wrath of policeman Mike Collins (Nat Pendleton), ... Full Synopsis
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Dan Friedman, AMG Review
One of the best Bud Abbott and Lou Costello films, Buck Privates not only marks the film that put them on the map of stardom but also contains, as do many of their films, some of their classic vaudeville material. While these routines are hilariously funny, they work better mostly because of the situations the boys find themselves in. Bud and Lou enlist in the army to avoid being sent to jail and soon ... Full Review
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Lee Bowman
Randolph Parker III
Alan Curtis
Bob Martin
Bud Abbott
Slicker Smith
Lou Costello
Herbie Brown
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