The Better 'Ole

The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War.

Cast

Syd Chaplin

as Private William 'Old Bill' Busby

Harold Goodwin

as Bert Chester - British Secret Service

Jack Ackroyd

as Alfie 'Little Alf'

Edgar Kennedy

as Corporal Austin

Charles K. Gerrard

as Major Russett

Arthur Clayton

as The Colonel (uncredited)

Doris Hill

as Joan (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten

as German Officer (uncredited)

Tom Kennedy

as The Blacksmith (uncredited)

Theodore Lorch

as Gaspard (uncredited)

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