Salute to the Marines

"Rough! Romantic! Rarin' to go!"

Sep 1 1943 Approved 1h 41m

Comedy, Drama, War

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Robert Hardy Andrews, Wells Root, George Bruce

Directed by

S. Sylvan Simon

Cast

Wallace Beery, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers

Salute to the Marines (Original Theatrical Trailer)

Scores

# of Votes

278

Average Rating

6.4 out of 10

Metascore

Popularity

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