Private Snuffy Smith

Private Snuffy Smith
Private Snuffy Smith
Directed by	Edward F. Cline
Written by	Billy DeBeck (comic strip "Barney Google and Snuffy Smith"); John Grey (original screenplay); Jack Henley (original screenplay); Lloyd French (original screenplay); (original screenplay);
Produced by	Jack Dietz (associate producer); Edward Gross (producer); Daniel Keefe (associate producer)
Starring	Bud Duncan; Edgar Kennedy; Sarah Padden; J. Farrell MacDonald;
Cinematography	Marcel Le Picard
Edited by
Production; company	Monogram Pictures
Release date	January 16, 1942;
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Private Snuffy Smith is a 1942 American army comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Bud Duncan as Snuffy Smith and Edgar Kennedy. A sequel appeared in the same year, Hillbilly Blitzkrieg featured Duncan and Kennedy.

Plot summary[]

Inspired by and envious of the $30 a month and free khaki britches and gold buttons of his friend Don Elbie, Snuffy Smith joins the US Army with his dog, Mr. Carson, concealed by an invisibility potion. As fate would have it, his company First Sergeant is Ed Cooper, a former revenuer who had unsuccessfully attempted to locate and destroy Snuffy's still.

The clever Don Elbie has invented a new rangefinder that he hopes to have adopted by the army. General Rosewater hopes to test the new rangefinder in war games with a rival general. A pair of Fifth columnists hope to steal the rangefinder but are defeated by Snuffy's wife Lowizie, Snuffy's invisible dog and his hillbilly neighbours.

Differences from comic strip[]

Barney Google and Sparkplug the horse do not appear in the film.

Cast[]

Bud Duncan as Snuffy Smith, Camp Yardbird
Edgar Kennedy as 1st Sgt. Ed Cooper, ex-Revenue Agent
Sarah Padden as Lowizie Smith
J. Farrell MacDonald as Gen. Rosewater
as Cindy
Jimmie Dodd as Pvt. Don Elbie
as Janie
Patrick McVey as Lloyd
Frank Austin as Saul

Soundtrack[]

Time's a-Wastin

by Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Sung by Jimmie Dodd

The Yard Bird

by Jimmie Dodd
Sung by Jimmie Dodd

I Don't Know What To Do Blues

Written by Jimmie Dodd
Sung by Jimmie Dodd

External links[]

Private Snuffy Smith at IMDb
Private Snuffy Smith is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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