Buck Privates

IMDb link: 0033436
IMDb rating: 7 (5,036 votes)
Genres: Comedy, War, Musical
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lee Bowman, Alan Curtis, Jane Frazee and others

Release date: 31 Jan 1941
Release year: 1941
Runtime: 84 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: father son relationship, boxing, blockbuster, uso united service organization, police, slapstick comedy, buddy comedy, basic training, caught in the draft, u.s. army

Plot:

Bud and Lou enlist in the army in order to escape being hauled off to jail, and soon find themselves in basic training. To their dismay, the company's drill instructor is none other than the cop who was all set to run them off to the hoosegow in the first place! The boys end up having a whale of a time getting under the skin of their humourless nemesis.

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