Private Snuffy Smith
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.
Plot
Envious of the pay of $30 per month and free khaki britches and gold buttons of his friend Don Elbie, Snuffy Smith joins the U.S. Army with his dog Mr. Carson concealed by an invisibility potion. His company first sergeant is Ed Cooper, a former revenue agent who had unsuccessfully attempted to locate and destroy Snuffy's still.
More details
author | Billy DeBeck |
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director | Edward F. Cline |
editor | Robert O. Crandall |
genre | comedy live-action |
keywords | army general fifth column hillbilly military exercise rangefinder still war game |
producer | Daniel Keefe Jack Dietz |
productionCompany | Monogram Pictures |
theme | action romantic comedy |