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Doughboys (1930)

Doughboys poster
Directed by
Edward Sedgwick
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 19m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A bumbling young man joins the army and gets into a series of comedic mishaps during basic training and on the front lines. Buster Keaton plays the lead in this early sound comedy full of physical gags and misunderstandings.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulbouncyfast-pacedslapstickold-fashionedgoofy

What happens

Doughboys is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton. It was Keaton's second starring talkie vehicle and has been called Keaton's "most successful sound Picture." A Spanish-language version was also made under the title, De Frente, Marchen (which is considered lost). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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