Salute to the Marines (1943)

  • NR
  • 09/02/1943 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama, War
  • 1h 41m

Rough! Romantic! Rarin' to go!

Overview

It is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese invade the Philippines, leads a heroic defense, first by strangling a Nazi agent, and then dying in his dress blues uniform while blowing up a bridge.

Robert Hardy Andrews

Story

George Bruce

Screenplay

S. Sylvan Simon

Director

Cast

Wallace Beery's headshot

Wallace Beery

Sgt. Maj. William Bailey
Fay Bainter's headshot

Fay Bainter

Jennie Bailey
Reginald Owen's headshot

Reginald Owen

Mr. Henry Casper
Ray Collins's headshot

Ray Collins

Col. John Mason
Keye Luke's headshot

Keye Luke

'Flashy' Logaz
Marilyn Maxwell's headshot

Marilyn Maxwell

Helen Bailey
William Lundigan's headshot

William Lundigan

Rufus Cleveland
Donald Curtis's headshot

Donald Curtis

Randall James

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