Buck Privates

Name: Buck Privates
Director: Melville W. Brown
Genre: Comedy, War
Released: 1928-01-29
Duration: 1 h 10 min
Rating: 10
Cast: Lya De Putti, Malcolm McGregor, Zasu Pitts, James A. Marcus, Eddie Gribbon

“ATTENTION! Fall in for the laugh riot of the late lamented war.”

1928

1h 10m

Comedy War

Director: Melville W. Brown

Writers: Stuart N. Lake, Melville W. Brown

Overview

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.