Behind the Front
1926 · 64 min
Comedy · War
★ 6.2During 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.
Crew
- Director A. Edward Sutherland
- Writer Monte Brice
- Writer Ethel Doherty
- Writer Ralph Spence
- Story Hugh Wiley
- Director of Photography Charles P. Boyle
Cast
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
Crew
- Director — A. Edward Sutherland
- Writer — Monte Brice
- Writer — Ethel Doherty
- Writer — Ralph Spence
- Story — Hugh Wiley
- Director of Photography — Charles P. Boyle
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