Buck Privates

Buck Privates (1941) — watch online this Abbott and Costello Army comedy on iFILM. Director Arthur Lubin made this Universal Pictures film that launched the pair's career into a different league — it finished among the top-grossing releases of the year.

Street hustlers Slicker and Herbie run from a cop and accidentally enlist. That same cop becomes their drill sergeant. In the same barracks: a millionaire's son and his working-class former chauffeur, both chasing the same woman. The Andrews Sisters handle the musical numbers and nearly outshine everyone. Abbott schemes and needles; Costello stumbles into every trap. The whole machine runs exactly as designed. Stream Buck Privates (1941) on iFILM.