Buck Privates (1941)
| Release Date | 31 January 1941 |
| US Box Office | $4,000,000 |
| Genre | Comedy, Musical |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Slapstick, Military Comedy |
| Mood | Just for Fun |
| Themes | Love Triangles, Military Life |
| Tones | Humorous, Light, Upbeat, Madcap, Silly |
| Tags | Army, Boot Camp [military], Discipline, Drill Sergeant, Love Triangle, Military |
Buck Privates is the 1941 comedy/World War II film that turned Bud Abbott and Lou Costello into bonafide movie stars. It was the first service comedy based on the peacetime draft of 1940. The comedy team made two more service comedies before the United States entered the war (In the Navy and Keep 'Em Flying). A sequel to this movie, Buck Privates Come Home, was released in 1947. Buck Privates is one of three A&C films featuring The Andrews Sisters, who were also under contract to Universal Pictures at the time.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Harry Strang
Sgt. Callahan
Leonard Elliott
Pvt. Henry Sloan
Dora Clement
Miss Durling
Janet Warren
Camp Hostess
Kay Leslie
Camp Hostess
Nina Orla
Camp Hostess
Dorothy Darrell
Camp Hostess
Charles King Jr.
Cadet
World Champion Boogie Woogie Dancers
Themselves
Robert Wayne
Lieutenant
Al Billings
Tough fighter
John Butler
Supply sergeant
John L. Cason
Fighter
Charles Coleman
Edmunds
Tom Coleman
Army Officer
Dean Collins
Himself, Dancer
Frank Cook
Harmonica, Guitar playre
Pat Costello
Recruit Who Slugs Herbie
Frankie Dolan
Fighter
Kenne Duncan
Sergeant on sidewalk with Sgt. Collins
Lloyd Ford
Fighter
William Gould
Recruiting Major
Frank Grandetta
Pvt. Maguire
Eddie Hall
Man in crap game on train
Buddy Harris
Black porter on train
Jerome Harte
Corporal
J. Anthony Hughes
Capt. Williams
Jimmie Lucas
Corporal
George Magrill
Patrol Car Driver
Lyle Moraine
Lt. Poole
Will Morgan
Lieutenant
Frank Penny
Sgt. Marks
Hugh Prince
Henry
Don Raye
Dick Burnette
Tom Reed
Lieutenant
Bob Reeves
Conductor
Stanley Smith
Corporal
Henry L. Stimson
Himself
Frankie Van
Second at Boxing Match
Douglas Wood
Randolph Parker II
Director
Arthur Lubin
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Writer
Arthur T. Horman
John Grant
Producer
Alex Gottlieb
associate producer
Cinematographer
Jerome Ash
Milton R. Krasner
Editor
Philip Cahn
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Art Director
Jack Otterson
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Set Decorator
Russell A. Gausman
Costume Designer
Vera West
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gil Valle
assistant director
Vernon Keays
assistant director
Joseph E. Kenney
first assistant director
Art Department
Ralph M. DeLacy
associate art director
Sound Department
Bernard B. Brown
sound supervisor
Paul Neal
sound technician
Stunts
Pat Costello
stunt double: Lou Costello
Music Department
Sonny Burke
composer: song "You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith"
Ted Cain
music supervisor
Vic Schoen
composer: song "I Wish You Were Here", music arranger: vocal arrangements
Frank Skinner
composer: incidental music
Other Crew
Nick Castle
dance director
Jack Voglin
military advisor
Jaik Rosenstein
unit publicity writer
Production Company
Universal Pictures
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Distributor
Universal Pictures
Film Classics
MCA/Universal Home Video
Image Entertainment
Nothing's New Video
Related Lists
Navigation Boxes
Abbott and Costello
10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948)
Abbott & Costello (1967)
Africa Screams (1949)
Buck Privates
Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
Dance with Me, Henry (1956)
Here Come the Co-eds (1945)
Hit the Ice (1943)
Hold That Ghost (1941)
In Society (1944)
In the Navy (1941)
It Ain't Hay (1943)
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
Little Giant (1946)
Lost in a Harem (1944)
Lost in Alaska (1952)
Mexican Hayride (1948)
One Night in the Tropics (1940)
Pardon My Sarong (1942)
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
Rio Rita (1942)
The Abbott and Costello Show (1952)
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
The Noose Hangs High (1948)
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
Who Done It? (1942)
Films directed by Arthur Lubin
A Successful Failure (1934)
Adventure's End (1937)
Black Friday (1940)
Buck Privates
California Straight Ahead! (1937)
Call a Messenger (1939)
Delightfully Dangerous (1945)
Escapade in Japan (1957)
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
Francis (1950)
Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)
Francis Goes to the Races (1951)
Francis Goes to West Point (1952)
Francis in the Navy (1955)
Francis Joins the WACS (1954)
Hold On! (1966)
Hold That Ghost (1941)
I Cover the War (1937)
Idol of the Crowds (1937)
Impact (1949)
In the Navy (1941)
It Grows on Trees (1952)
Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955)
New Orleans (1947)
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Prison Break (1938)
Rhubarb (1951)
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
South Sea Woman (1953)
Star of India (1954)
The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)
Yellowstone (1936)
