Troopers Three

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Troopers Three
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Directed by Norman Taurog
B. Reeves Eason
Written by Jack Natteford (scenario)
Story by Arthur Guy Empey
Produced byArthur Guy Empey
Starring Rex Lease
Roscoe Karns
Cinematography Benjamin H. Kline
Ernest Miller
Jackson Rose
Edited by Clarence Kolster
Distributed by Tiffany Pictures
Release date
  • February 23, 1930 (1930-02-23)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Troopers Three is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film [1] directed by Norman Taurog and B. Reeves Eason and produced and distributed by Tiffany Studios.

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Plot

Eddie Haskins (Lease), a wisecracking young man, teams up with two ham-acrobats known as 'Bugs & Sunny' (Karns and Summerville). When they are all kicked out of a vaudeville theater in California, they enlist in the U. S. Cavalry.

Eddie falls in love with Dorothy Clark (Gulliver), the daughter of a sergeant and, following a moonlight tryst, they are discovered by Sergeant Hank Darby (London) who himself is in love with Dorothy. They have a fist-fight in which Eddie comes out second best.

When Darby is reprimanded for fighting with an enlisted man, the troopers incorrectly think that Eddie squealed on him, and they punish him with a conspiracy of silence. Dorothy also rejects him. Eddie has a problem. Maybe a fire will break out in the stables and he can rescue Sergeant Darby.

Cast

Preservation status

The film exists in a 25-minute truncated version. [2]

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References

  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Troopers Three
  2. Available to view under its title on Youtube