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Buck Privates Come Home (1947)

Buck Privates Come Home poster
Directed by
Charles Barton
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 17m
Rated
NR
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two former soldiers return from World War II and try to adjust to civilian life. They get into a series of comedic mishaps involving a French orphan girl and a car that keeps causing trouble.

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What happens

Buck Privates Come Home is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and starring the team of Abbott and Costello. It was released by Universal-International and is a sequel to their earlier film Buck Privates (1941). This film marks the final role of veteran actor Nat Pendleton and the film debut of Russ Conway (in the role of an unnamed medic). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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