Buck Privates Come Home Page #3

Synopsis: Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car builder who's trying to find backers for a new midget racer he's building.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Director(s): Charles Barton
Production: Universal
 
IMDB:
7.5
Year:
1947
77 min
28 Views


We've been just like a

mama and papa to her.

Leave me out of this.

- Okay, Papa.

There's no use arguing.

It's against regulations.

I gotta report it.

If you do they'll send her back and

she'll have to go to an orphan asylum.

That's a rap you wouldn't

want on your conscience.

How 'bout pretending you

didn't see her? Oh, sure, sure.

And lose my stripes for it? Then what?

You might become a

regular guy. Who said that?

I did.

I did.

Look, fellas, I don't make the

rules, but I gotta carry 'em out.

I must report Evey.

I know I don't know my

right foot from my left,

but I do know right from wrong.

And if you send Evey back, that's wrong.

Herbie, let the sergeant do his duty.

After all, back in the States

we're just a couple of...

Look, let's face facts.

Even if we get the kid through,

we're not used to any responsibility.

Where do we go from there?

What about Uncle Herbie's

tie business on Times Square?

The one where he hires you

to sweep the floor?

Hires me?

- Yes.

He also paid Sgt. Collins

to be the night watchman.

What have you been telling this

kid, you miserable goldbrick?

You oughta be ashamed of yourself

talking to Uncle Herbie that way...

...after all the times he saved your life.

He what?

Sarge, if you touch Uncle

Herbie, I don't know what I'll do.

Oh, I know.

I'll tell the captain.

You'll tell the captain what?

How you brought me on board...

...and how you hid me in Pvt. Brown's bag.

Sure, sure. How I brought you on board.

How I hid you in Brown's bag.

I wouldn't brag about it. You know that

aiding a stowaway is against regulations.

That's just what I was telling

them. Then why did you do it?

I didn't do it. It was him.

I heard you say you did.

Blaming an innocent man won't help.

Bring that child to my

stateroom immediately. Yes, sir.

Brown? Yes, sir. I'll go with you.

You'll answer to me for this, and

that goes for the rest of you guys.

Bye, Uncle Herbie.

I'm sorry I got you fellas into this mess.

Slicker, I didn't mean

to get you into trouble.

I...

Look, if it'll make you feel any

better, slap me right in the face.

Right here in this face. Go away from me.

Go ahead. It'll make me

feel better if you slap me.

I told you to go away from me.

This is the only thing I've

ever asked you to do for me.

Slap me in the face...

right there.

And I had to coax him for it.

Ouch.

No matter who's responsible

for bringing her aboard,

I see no other course but to turn her

over to the immigration officials...

...and have her sent back on

the next boat. Yes, sir.

Lt. Hunter, will you take care of the

child during the rest of the voyage?

Certainly.

My name is Sylvia Hunter. Would

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Richard Macaulay

Richard Macaulay (1909-1969) was an American screenwriter. He wrote a number of films with Jerry Wald while under contract to Warner Bros. He was a noted anti-Communist and was a member of the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals. He testified to Congress in 1947 and gave names of writers in the Writers Guild who he believed were community.He was survived by a wife and two daughters. more…

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