Troopers Three

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.

Troopers Three
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Directed by	Norman Taurog B. Reeves Eason
Written by	Jack Natteford (scenario)
Story by	Arthur Guy Empey
Produced by	Arthur 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
Country	United States
Language	English

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

• Rex Lease as Eddie Haskins
• Dorothy Gulliver as Dorothy Clark
• Roscoe Karns as "Bugs"
• Slim Summerville as "Sunny"
• Tom London as Sgt. Hank Darby
• Joseph W. Girard as Capt. Harris (credited as Joseph Girard)
• Walter Perry as Halligan
• Murdock MacQuarrie as Army Officer

Preservation status

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