Troopers Three

Troopers Three
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Directed byNorman Taurog
B. Reeves Eason
Written byJack Natteford (scenario)
Story byArthur Guy Empey
Produced byArthur Guy Empey
StarringRex Lease
Roscoe Karns
CinematographyBenjamin H. Kline
Ernest Miller
Jackson Rose
Edited byClarence Kolster
Distributed byTiffany 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 directed by Norman Taurog and B. Reeves Eason and produced and distributed by Tiffany Studios.

Plot

Eddie Haskins, a wisecracking young man, teams up with two ham-acrobats known as 'Bugs & Sunny'. 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, the daughter of a sergeant and, following a moonlight tryst, they are discovered by Sergeant Hank Darby 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 mute 25-minute truncated version. The Library of Congress also has one reel of what is described as "outtakes" from the film.

References

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