Behind the Front (1926)
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.
- Date of release
- 1926-02-22
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
- Genres
- Comedy, War
- Director
- A. Edward Sutherland
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
Behind the Front is a 1926 American silent war comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was based on the novel The Spoils of War by Hugh Wiley.
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