''Anybody's War'' is a 1930 American

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directed by Richard Wallace and written by

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, Hector Turnbull and Walter Weems. The film stars George Moran, Charles Mack, Joan Peers, Neil Hamilton, Walter Weems and

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. The film was released on July 10, 1930, by

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. The film features Moran and Mack in

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going to the frontline of the war in France and involved in a love story. The film is an adaptation of Charles E. Mack's ''Two Black Crows in the A.E.F.''

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published a recording of the performers acting out the show. The film followed their 1929 film '' Why Bring That Up?''. They also had a radio show.

Plot

Cast

* George Moran as Willie * Charles Mack as Amos Crow * Joan Peers as Mary Jane Robinson * Neil Hamilton as Red Reinhardt * Walter Weems as Sergeant Skipp *

as Camilla *Walter McGrail as Captain Davis

References

External links

* 1930 films 1930s English-language films American comedy films 1930 comedy films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Richard Wallace Military comedy films Western Front (World War I) films American black-and-white films 1930s American films English-language comedy films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub