Behind the Front

Overview

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.

Directed by A. Edward Sutherland

Top 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

Details