Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #113131 in DVD
• Released on: 1998-04-08
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: AC-3, Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 77 minutes

Amazon.com
In this sequel to 1941's Buck Privates, Bud and Lou are on their way home from the war in Europe (having joined the Army by mistake in the first film). Lou is smuggling home Evey, an adorable French orphan. When Evey is discovered and scheduled for deportation, the only way Bud and Lou can keep her is to get real jobs, a real home, and a real wife. They seek out Evey's "Aunt" Sylvia for help, but first her fiancée needs some quick cash to get his midget-car racer ready for the big race. Of course, the whole thing ends with Lou in the car, leading the cops on a hilarious chase. And don't worry--Evey finds a real home with Sylvia. Buck Privates Come Home is one of those rare sequels that may be better than the original. It's got plenty of routines, sight gags, and action--and only one of those musical interludes that frustrate dyed-in-the-wool A&C fans. The following year, Bud and Lou would team up with the same director and writers to make the classic Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein. --Geof Miller

Customer Reviews

BUD AND LOU ARE AT AGAIN IN HILARIOUS SEQUEL
The ONLY SEQUEL to an A&C film and one of their BEST. The boys return from the war in Europe after having ACCIDENTLY enlisted in the Army in the first film. (One wonders how Abbott & Costello could have POSSIBILY taking part in WW II and having the Allies still win). The film begins with the classic "DRILL ROUTINE" from 'BUCK PRIVATES'. On the ship carrying the boys home, Lou tries to smuggle in a French war orphan named Evie. The ONLY way the comedy team can keep the girl is to get REAL JOBS, REAL MONEY, and a REAL WIFE. The boys gather together their old pals from their platoon and convince them to put up the money for Evie's "AUNT SYLVIA'S" fiance's midget car who is sure will win the big race. This investment pits "SLICKER & HERBIE" against their old nemesis "SGT. COLLINS" (The policeman who tried to arrest them in the first film for selling neckties without a license and who later became their Army sergeant.) The climatic chase seen is one of the highlights of this VERY FUNNY,HILARIOUS sequel to "BUCK PRIVATES" [NOTE: Shortly after the release of this film, Abbott & Costello were reunited with the SAME WRITERS and the SAME DIRECTOR, for what will be the BEST HORROR COMEDY ever filmed - " ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN"]

GREAT COMEDY TEAM
WORTH THE MONEY
WHO DINT LOVE THIS SHOW , THIS SHOW WAS GREAT
I LOVE THIS VHS, BRINGS BACK LAUGHTER AND MEMORYS AND YOU NEVER GET BORED WITH IT,

HILARIOUS SEQUEL TO BUCK PRIVATES
BUCK PRIVATES COME HOME
Universal-International Pictures
Release Date: March 1947
Runtime: 77 minutes

Director:
Charles Barton

Producer:
Robert Arthur

Writing Credits:
Richard Macaulay
Bradford Ropes
John Grant
Frederic I. Rinaldo
Robert Lees

Cast:

Bud Abbott....Slicker Smith
Lou Costello....Herbie Brown
Nat Pendleton...Sergeant Collins
Beverly Simmons....Yvonne 'Evie' LeBrec
Tom Brown.....Bill Gregory
Joan Shawlee....Sylvia Hunter
Don Porter....Captain Christie
Don Beddoe....Mr. Roberts
Russell Hicks....William Appleboy
John Sheehan.....Mr. Drew, Immigration Offical
Jean Del Val....M. Duprez, French Consul
Joe Kirk.....Real Estate Salesman
Charles Trowbridge....J.P. Quince
Eddie Dunn....Mulroney
Knox Manning....Introductory Narrator
Milburn Stone....Auto Race Annnouncer

Music by:
Walter Schumann

Cinematography by:
Charles Van Enger

Film Editig by:
Edward Curtiss

Art Direction:
Bernard Herzbrun
Frank A. Richards

Set Decoration:
Russell A. Gausman
Charles Wyrick

Costume Design by:
Yvonne Woods

Assistant Director
Joseph E. Kenny

Sound Department:
Charles Felstead
Robert Pritchard

Other Crew:
David S. Horsley....special photographic effects
David Tamkin....orchestrator

Plot Summary:

Slicker and Herbie are getting out of the Army, but not without a souvenir. Herbie brings home a little French girl named "Evie". But the Army finds Evie and seeks to have her sent back to France. Meanwhile, the boys are back to their neck tie business and running from their old drill sergeant. Evie escapes the officials and finds Herbie and Slicker. With the help of Sylvia, her fiancee Bill Gregory, and their old Army pals, the boys find themselves in the midget car racing business to raise enough money to adopt Evie.

ROUTINES & HILARIOUS MOMENTS:
Teeter-tottering table
Lou in clothesline hammock
Lou racing midget race car

Trivia (from imdb.com): The final chase sequence re-uses footage from 'NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK' (1941).