Salute to the Marines
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| Salute to the Marines | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | S. Sylvan Simon |
| Starring | Wallace Beery Fay Bainter |
| Release date(s) | 1943 |
| Running time | 101 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
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Salute to the Marines is a 1943 World War II movie starring Wallace Beery. The movie, set in the Philippines and shot in color (in Hollywood), was directed by S. Sylvan Simon. It is a propaganda film which has Berry as a retired USMC NCO who when the Japanesse attack the Philippines leads a heroic defense first by strangling a Nazi agent and then dies in his dress uniform while blowing up a bridge.
[edit] Cast
- Wallace Beery as Sgt. Maj. William Bailey
- Fay Bainter as Jenny Bailey
- Reginald Owen as Henry Caspar
- Ray Collins as Col. John Mason
- Keye Luke as Flashy Logaz
- Marilyn Maxwell as Helen Bailey
- William Lundigan as Rufus Cleveland
- Donald Curtis as Randall James
- Noah Beery, Sr. as Adjutant
- Dick Curtis as Cpl. Moseley
- Russell Gleason as Pvt. Hanks
- Rose Hobart as Mrs. Carson
- Hugh Beaumont as Sergeant (uncredited)
- Robert Blake as Junior Carson (uncredited)
- Jim Davis as Pvt. Saunders (uncredited)
