The Better 'Ole
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The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War.
Genres
Comedy, Drama, War
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Better 'Ole performed
Budget
$449,000
Worldwide Gross
$1.3M
Gross Profit
$824,000
Return
2.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$183K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Private William 'Old Bill' Busby
Sydney Chaplin
Private William 'Old Bill' Busby
Bert Chester - British Secret Service
Harold Goodwin
Bert Chester - British Secret Service
Alfie 'Little Alf'
Jack Ackroyd
Alfie 'Little Alf'
Corporal Austin
Edgar Kennedy
Corporal Austin
Major Russett
Charles K. Gerrard
Major Russett
The Colonel (uncredited)
Arthur Clayton
The Colonel (uncredited)
Joan (uncredited)
Doris Hill
Joan (uncredited)
German Officer (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
German Officer (uncredited)
The Blacksmith (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
The Blacksmith (uncredited)
Gaspard (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch
Gaspard (uncredited)
German Soldier Tying Up Horse (uncredited)
Hank Mann
German Soldier Tying Up Horse (uncredited)
The English General (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
The English General (uncredited)
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