Buck Privates Come Home is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and starring the team of Abbott and Costello.

After serving in Europe during World War II, Herbie Brown and Slicker Smith return to the United States aboard a troop ship.

As the ship nears New York, Collins and his superiors search the men's belongings for contraband.

Herbie accidentally activates a time bomb, made to look like a camera, that he picked up as a souvenir and has to throw it out the porthole.

However, during a shift change at the office, Evey is mistaken for a neighborhood kid and set free.

Before Herbie can get the front door open, the seller gives a signal and a truck hauls off the façade, revealing that the boys had just purchased a broken-down old bus.

He is sure he will win the $20,000 prize at the Gold Cup Stakes, but his car is being held at a local garage until past-due bills are paid.

He stakes out the garage in hopes of catching them and returning Evey to the immigration authorities to get himself back in good favor with his boss.

Herbie is eventually caught, but not before the head of an automobile company is impressed enough to order 20 of Bill's cars and 200 engines.