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| story = Paul Girard
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| starring = [[Harry James]]<br>[[Patty Andrews]]<br>[[Maxene Andrews]]
| cinematography = [[Elwood Bredell]]
| editing = Milton Carruth
| color_process = [[Blackblack and white]]
| studio = Universal Pictures
| distributor = [[Universal Pictures]]
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'''''Private Buckaroo''''' is a 1942 American [[comedy film|comedy]] [[-musical film]] directed by [[Edward F. Cline]] starring [[The Andrews Sisters]], [[Dick Foran]], [[Harry James]], [[Shemp Howard]], [[Joe E. Lewis]], and [[Jennifer Holt]]. The film tells the story of army recruits following basic training, with the [[Andrews Sisters]] attending [[USO]] dances.
 
==Plot==
Entertainer Lon Prentice initially is keen to enlist in the US Army but is prevented from this due to his having one flat foot. After having the flat fixed, he is accepted for enlistment. Soon after basic training begins, Private Prentice informs his commanding officer that he finds most military training useless, unnecessary and beneath him. His commander orders all the men that Private Prentice is exempt from doing things he doesn't want to do, which turns the entire camp against him.
 
The plot generally takes a back seat to a packed schedule of musical numbers, as Harry James and his band have set up a permanent USO show at the base. The film tests if The Andrews Sisters can support their own film without [[Abbott and Costello]] (with whom they had already co-starred three times).{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
 
The film marks a rare movie appearance by Joe E. Lewis; whose style was more suited to nightclubs.
 
Comedy relief is provided by Shemp Howard as a "tough Sargent"; and Wickes as his gawky girlfriend.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nixon |first1=Rob |title=Private Buckaroo |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/87194/private-buckaroo/#articles-reviews?articleId=1533967 |website=www.tcm.com |access-date=July 16, 2022 |language=en |date=September 20, 2019}}</ref>
 
==Cast==
* [[The Andrews Sisters]] ([[Maxene Andrews]], [[Patty Andrews]] and [[LaverneLaVerne Andrews]])
* [[Dick Foran]] as Lon Prentice
* [[Joe E. Lewis]] as Lancelot Pringle McBiff
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* [[Shemp Howard]] as First Sgt. 'Muggsy' Shavel
* [[Richard Davies (American actor)|Richard Davies]] as Lt. Howard Mason
* [[Mary Wickes]] as Bonnie-Belle SchlopkissPeggy
* [[Ernest Truex]] as Col. Elias Weatherford
* [[Donald O'Connor]] as Donny
* [[Peggy Ryan]] as PeggyBonnie-Belle Schlopkiss
* [[Huntz Hall]] as Cpl. Anemic
* Susan Levine as Tagalong
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==Soundtrack==
* Dick Foran -– "Private Buckaroo" (written by Charles Newman and [[Allie Wrubel]])
* The Andrews Sisters -– "[[Three Little Sisters]]" (written by [[Irving Taylor (songwriter)|Irving Taylor]] and [[Vic Mizzy]])
* Dick Foran -– "[[I'm in the Army Now]]"
* The Andrews Sisters -– "Six Jerks in a Jeep" (written by Sid Robin)
* The Andrews Sisters -– "[[Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me)|Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree]]" (written by [[Sam H. Stept]] and [[Charles Tobias]])
* The Andrews Sisters -– "James Session" danced by [[Donald O'Connor]], [[Peggy Ryan]] and [[The Jivin' Jacks and Jills]]
* The Andrews Sisters -– "Steppin' Out Tonight", based on the song "That's The Moon, My Son" (written by Art Kassel and [[Sammy Gallop]])
* Dick Foran and Helen Forrest -– "[[Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen]]"
* Harry James and His Music Makers -– "Concerto for Trumpet"
* The Andrews Sisters -– "Johnny Get Your Gun Again" (written by [[Don Raye]] and [[Gene de Paul]])
* Dick Foran and The Andrews Sisters -– "We've Got a Job to Do" (written by Vickie Knight)
* Joe E. Lewis -– "I Love the South"
* Helen Forrest with Harry James and His Music Makers -– "[[You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)|You Made Me Love You]]" (written by [[Joseph McCarthy]] and [[James V. Monaco]])
 
==See also==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0035218}}
* {{amg movie|443447}}
*{{Internet Archive film|id=private_buckaroo}}▼
* {{tcmdb title|id=87194}}
* {{AFI film|27414}}
▲* {{Internet Archive film|id=private_buckaroo}}
 
{{Edward F. Cline}}
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[[Category:Universal Pictures films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Edward F. Cline]]
[[Category:Military humorcomedy in filmfilms]]
[[Category:1940s English-language films]]
[[Category:English-language musical comedy films]]
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