Private Snuffy Smith

Private Snuffy Smith is a 1942 American film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Bud Duncan as Snuffy Smith.

Plot summary

Inspired by and envious of the $21 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
• Doris Linden as Cindy
• Jimmie Dodd as Pvt. Don Elbie
• Andria Palmer 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 the Internet Movie Database
• Private Snuffy Smith is available for free download at the Internet Archive