Movie: The Better 'Ole

Top 10 Billed Cast

Syd Chaplin
Syd Chaplin

Private William 'Old Bill' Busby

Harold Goodwin
Harold Goodwin

Bert Chester - British Secret Service

Jack Ackroyd
Jack Ackroyd

Alfie 'Little Alf'

Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Kennedy

Corporal Austin

Charles K. Gerrard
Charles K. Gerrard

Major Russett

Arthur Clayton
Arthur Clayton

The Colonel (uncredited)

Doris Hill
Doris Hill

Joan (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten
Olaf Hytten

German Officer (uncredited)

Tom Kennedy
Tom Kennedy

The Blacksmith (uncredited)

Theodore Lorch
Theodore Lorch

Gaspard (uncredited)

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

  • Release Date

    1926-10-23

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