BUCK PRIVATES COME HOME [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1947
• Genre: Comedy
• Plot: After serving with a notable lack of distinction in WW2, Corporal Slicker Smith (Bud Abbott) and Private Herbie Brown (Lou Costello) return to the US. Unbeknownst to their sourpussed sergeant Collins (Nat Pendleton), Slicker and Herbie have smuggled cute little war orphan Evie (Beverly Simmons) past the immigration authorities. In their efforts to find a decent home for Evie, our heroes return to the prewar 'jobs' as sidewalk salesmen, then make a disastrous attempt to collect their GI bonus money. They also struggle to save Evie from deportation, hiding her from the prying eyes of the ubiquitous Collins, who has likewise returned to his civilian job as a police officer. The climax finds Herbie participating in a big-money midget-car race, feverishly dodging pedestrians and motorists as he tries to escape the authorities. The film also includes a romantic subplot involving Tom Brown and Joan Fulton (later known as Joan Shawlee). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
• Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Tom Brown, Joan Shawlee, Nat Pendleton, Beverly Simmons, Don Porter, Donald MacBride, Don Beddoe, Charles Trowbridge, Russell Hicks, Joe Kirk, Knox Manning, Milburn Stone, Eddie Acuff, Ernie Adams, Patricia Alphin, Robert Bacon, George Barton, George Beban Jr., Brooks Benedict, Leonard Bremen, Ralph Brooks, William Ching, Cliff Clark, Eddie Coke, Russ Conway, Billy Curtis, Janna DeLoos, Jean Del Val, Dick Dickerson, Jimmie Dodd, Kenne Duncan, Eddie Dunn, Ralph Dunn, Jim Farley, William Haade, Chuck Hamilton, Myron Healey, Doris Kemper, Donald Kerr, Milton Kibbee, Lyle Latell, Rex Lease, Frank Marlowe, Frank Mayo, Walter Merrill, John Michaels, Al Murphy, Ottola Nesmith, Joe Ploski, Buddy Roosevelt, John Sheehan, Lee Shumway, Tom Skinner, Clarence Straight, Charles Sullivan, Peter M. Thompson, Harlan Warde, Lane Watson, Robert J. Wilke, Charles Barton
• Director: Charles Barton
• Runtime: 1:17
• Company: Universal International Pictures (UI)
• Media Format: movie