'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders

"U.S. Marine Raiders in Action...Blasting Their Way To Tokyo!"

Dec 20 1943 Approved 1h 28m
Drama, History, War

A true-life epic that revolves around an exclusive bataillon of the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, "Carlson's Raiders," whose assignment is to take control of a South Pacific island once possessed by the United States but now under Japanese command.

Plot

Seven weeks after Pearl Harbor, volunteers form the new 2nd Marine Raider Battalion whose purpose is to raid Japanese-held islands. The men selected come from different walks of life but have toughness in common. Under command of Colonel 'Thorwald', they're trained in all imaginable forms of combat. Then, after a perilous submarine journey, they face a daunting first mission: to annihilate the much larger Japanese garrison on Makin Island, in a lengthy battle sequence.

Written by

Lucien Hubbard, W.S. LeFrançois, Joseph Hoffman

Directed by

Ray Enright

Cast

Randolph Scott, Alan Curtis, Noah Beery Jr.

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Walter Wanger Productions, Universal Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

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