Buck Privates
1941 · 84 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 4,887 VOTES · DIR. Arthur Lubin
Overview
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a pretty girl who seems attracted to both.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,544 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:18 Congress passes the first peacetime selective service
00:04:27 How can he sell ties that cheap?
00:07:58 That's you, Herbie.
00:11:29 Cigarettes?
00:14:59 Don't mind if I do
00:18:10 I should say I will.
00:20:51 Oh, you add 'em up? He didn't say anything about adding them up.
00:24:29 Hello, boys, I'm Collins, your Sergeant.
00:28:17 All: There's not much else...
00:31:12 Thanks, pal.
00:34:26 I thought we were going to play piggy-back. I haven't played since I was a kid.
00:38:06 One day, maybe in May
00:41:26 Left face!
00:44:09 - Where are you going? - I don't know.
00:47:01 - Then she'll have to wait for me. - Why should she wait for you?
00:50:10 And you walked out on your rifle team
00:53:46 I'll do it all right.
00:56:55 Too many orders, too many drills, iodine and quinine pills
01:00:40 And now the company jumps when he plays reveille
01:05:08 One, three, one, three.
01:08:59 If it lights on a battery of field artillery
01:14:08 - What are you going to do? - Surround the blues with a whole company.
01:19:05 The boogie woogie was never like this
17:03:01 Next.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,544
Dialogue density18.4 lines / min
First line00:00:18
Final line17:03:01
Production Record
DirectorArthur Lubin
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes4,887