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.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
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Wallace Beery as Riff Swanson |
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Raymond Hatton as Shorty McKee |
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Mary Brian as Betty Bartlett-Cooper |
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Richard Arlen as Percy Brown |
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Hayden Stevenson as Capt. Bartlett-Cooper |
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Chester Conklin as Scottie |
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Tom Kennedy as Sergeant |
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Frances Raymond as Mrs. Bartlett-Cooper |
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Melbourne MacDowell as Mr. Bartlett-Cooper |
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Jerry Mandy as Limburger soldier |
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Charles Sullivan as Soldier |
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Gertrude Astor as French barmaid |
| Directing | A. Edward Sutherland | Director |
| Writing | Monte Brice | Writer |
| Writing | Ethel Doherty | Writer |
| Writing | Hugh Wiley | Story |
| Writing | Ralph Spence | Writer |
| Camera | Charles P. Boyle | Director of Photography |