Behind the Front (film)

Behind the Front
Theatrical poster
Directed by	A. Edward Sutherland
Written by	Monte Brice (adaptation) Ethel Doherty (screenplay)
Based on	The Spoils of War by Hugh Wiley
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Starring	Wallace Beery Raymond Hatton
Cinematography	Charles P. Boyle
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	February 22, 1926 (1926-02-22)
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

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Behind the Front is a 1926 American silent comedy war film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was based on the novel The Spoils of War by Hugh Wiley.

Cast

• Wallace Beery as Riff Swanson
• Raymond Hatton as Shorty McKee
• Mary Brian as Betty Bartlett-Cooper
• Richard Arlen as Percy Brown
• Hayden Stevenson as Capt. Bartlett-Cooper
• Chester Conklin as Scottie
• Tom Kennedy as Sergeant
• Frances Raymond as Mrs. Bartlett-Cooper
• Melbourne MacDowell as Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
• Jerry Mandy as Limburger Soldier
• Charles Sullivan as Soldier
• Gertrude Astor as French barmaid

Preservation

A print of Behind the Front is located in the George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection and UCLA Film and Television Archive.

See also

• An excerpt appears in the 1931 Paramount promotional film The House That Shadows Built
• Gertrude Astor filmography

External links

• Behind the Front at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Series of lobby posters