Behind the Front

1h 4m
ComedyWar
6

During World War I a young man joins the army and winds up befriending another young recruit, not knowing that it's the same pickpocket who stole his watch. After finishing basic training, the two are sent to the front lines in France, where they wind up in trouble with the MPs, getting involved with some cute French girls and "volunteering" for a dangerous front-line mission, and their antics result in their endangering the armistice.

Cast

Wallace Beery
Riff Swanson
Raymond Hatton
Shorty McKee
Mary Brian
Betty Bartlett-Cooper
Richard Arlen
Percy Brown
Hayden Stevenson
Capt. Bartlett-Cooper
Chester Conklin
Scottie
Tom Kennedy
Sergeant
Frances Raymond
Mrs. Bartlett-Cooper
Melbourne MacDowell
Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
Jerry Mandy
Limburger soldier
Charles Sullivan
Soldier
Gertrude Astor
French barmaid

Crew

A. Edward Sutherland
Director
Monte Brice
Writer
Ethel Doherty
Writer
Ralph Spence
Writer
Hugh Wiley
Story
Charles P. Boyle
Director of Photography

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