Buck Privates Come Home
Apr 04 1947
•1h 17m
•Comedy, Romance, Action
Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car builder who's trying to find backers for a new midget racer he's building.
Cast
See allBud Abbott
Slicker Smith
Lou Costello
Herbie Brown
Tom Brown
Bill Gregory
Joan Shawlee
Sylvia Hunter
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