Private Snuffy Smith

"IT'S BODACIOUS! America's favorite comic strip leaps to hilarious life on the screen...with the peskiest, sassiest varmit ever to wear cacky britches!"

Jan 16 1942 Approved 1h 7m
Comedy, Romance, War

A hillbilly moonshiner enlists in the army. Monogram Pictures' comedy was inspired by the then-popular comic strip character.

Plot

Snuffy Smith, moonshining hillbilly, grows tired of dodging revenue agents, headed by Cooper, and decides to take the army up on their offer of free clothes, food and $21.00 a month. Once enlisted, he finds that revenue agent Cooper is his sergeant. Don, a hillbilly soldier friend of Snuffy, has invented a range finder, but it is stolen by some fifth columnists and hidden in Snuffy's bag. Snuffy decides he has all the army discipline he cares for and heads back to Smokey Mountain, followed closely by the enemy agents.

Written by

Billy DeBeck, John Grey, Jack Henley

Directed by

Edward F. Cline

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Capitol Productions Inc, Monogram Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
202
Average Rating
4.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA