Behind the Front
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 Fr...
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"Behind the Front is inspired by a Saturday Evening Post story called "The Spoils of War" by Hugh Wiley. A dull policeman (Wallace Beery) gets his watch swiped by a pickpocket (Raymond Hatton) who takes refuge in the mansion of wealthy Betty Bartlett-Cooper (Mary Brian). She wants to join the war effort, but her father won't let her unless she can recruit twenty-five men in one day. She needs two more, so when the crook arrives, she hides him while she convinces his pursuer to join up, and then while he's signing paperwork she seduces the thief to do the same. Fast forward ..."
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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 Fr...