Private Snuffy Smith

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!

1942 · 67 min · ★ 4.2 · Comedy

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

Directed by Edward F. Cline · Written by Doncho Hall

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