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Private Snuffy Smith (1942)

Private Snuffy Smith poster
Directed by
Edward F. Cline
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 07m
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Snuffy Smith is a hillbilly who gets drafted into the army. He causes trouble for his commanding officer with his backwoods ways.

lightheartedwhimsicalbouncygoofyfast-pacedold-fashionedplayful

What happens

Private Snuffy Smith (reissued as Snuffy Smith, Yardbird) is a 1942 American army comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Bud Duncan as comic-strip character Snuffy Smith and Edgar Kennedy as his commanding officer. A sequel, Hillbilly Blitzkrieg, was released later in 1942 and also featured Duncan and Kennedy. The comic strip's characters Barney Google and Sparkplug the horse do not appear in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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