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Salute to the Marines

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Original title

Year

1943

Running time

101 min.

Country

United States

Director

S. Sylvan Simon

Screenwriter

Wells Root, George Bruce. Story: Robert Hardy Andrews

Cast

Music

Lennie Hayton

Cinematography

W. Howard Greene, Charles Edgar Schoenbaum

Producer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Genre

Comedy. Drama. War | II World War

Synopsis

Wallace Beery stars in this patriotic World War II drama about a tough retired Marine who is caught in the middle of the Philippines campaign, experiencing action, heroics, and tragedy. Gruff Sergeant Bailey has never actually been in combat, but when the Japanese invade, the untested leader finally sees battle, ironically as a civilian in charge of organizing the citizens' withdrawal.

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Salute to the Marines

1943

S. Sylvan Simon