Buck Privates

Buck Privates is a 1941 musical military comedy film that turned Bud Abbott and Lou Costello into bona fide movie stars. It was the first service comedy based on the peacetime draft of 1940. The comedy team made two more service comedies before the United States entered the war (In the Navy and Keep 'Em Flying). A sequel to this movie, Buck Privates Come Home, was released in 1947. Buck Privates is one of three Abbott and Costello films featuring The Andrews Sisters, who were also under contract to Universal Pictures at the time.

This article is about the 1941 film. For the 1928 film, see Buck Privates (1928 film). For the sequel to the film, see Buck Privates Come Home.
Buck Privates
Theatrical release poster
Directed byArthur Lubin
Written byArthur T. Horman
Produced byAlex Gottlieb
StarringBud Abbott
Lou Costello
The Andrews Sisters
CinematographyMilton R. Krasner
Edited byPhilip Cahn
Music byCharles Previn
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • January 31, 1941 (1941-01-31) (U.S.)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$245,000
Box office$4,000,000 (USA)

Abbott and Costello performed a one-hour radio adaptation of the film on the Lux Radio Theatre on October 13, 1941.

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