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Buck Privates

Buck Privates

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 29, 1928

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Comedy, War

Original Title

Buck Privates

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Director

Melville W. Brown

Description

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.