The Gay Retreat

The Gay Retreat

HOLY MACKERELL! WHAT FUN! The GAY RETREAT With Those Two Dizzy Doughboy Comedians of "What Price Glory"

1927 · 60 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy, War

Rich boy Dick Wright, rejected by both the Army and the Navy because he is a sleepwalker, joins an ambulance unit during the war with his chauffeur and valet tagging along to protect him. They accidentally get aboard a regular troop train, arriving in France as members of the U. S. Army. Following a series of comic adventures with a hard-boiled sergeant, Ted and Sam succeed in capturing a detachment of Germans, receiving decorations for their bravery. Along the way, the boys engage in romantic interludes with Betty and Joan, respectively American and French.

Directed by Benjamin Stoloff · Written by William M. Conselman

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Sammy Cohen Sam Nosenbloom
Betty Francisco Betty Burnett
Judy King Joan Moret
Holmes Herbert Charles Wright
Ted McNamara Ted McHiggins
Gene Cameron Richard Wright
Jerry Madden Jerry

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