| Marines, Let's Go | |
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Original film poster |
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| Directed by | Raoul Walsh |
| Produced by | Raoul Walsh |
| Written by | Raoul Walsh (story) John Twist |
| Starring | Tom Tryon David Hedison Tom Reese Linda Hutchings Barbara Stuart |
| Music by | Irving Gertz title song sung by Rex Allen |
| Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | 15 August 1961 |
| Running time | 103 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Marines, Let's Go is a 1961 CinemaScope colour Korean War film about three Marine buddies (Tom Tryon, David Hedison and Tom Reese) on shore leave in Japan and at war in Korea. It was produced and directed by Raoul Walsh who also wrote the story. Walsh had previously had successes with films about the U.S. Marine Corps in World War I (What Price Glory?), the 1920s (The Cock-Eyed World and Sadie Thompson), and World War II (Battle Cry).
Walsh filmed the movie on location in Japan with extras from the US Marine Corps who were pulled off filming due to the possibility of their being sent to Laos.[1] The film was completed in Okinawa.
The Marine technical advisor of the film was Colonel Jacob G. Goldberg (1911–2008) who served 30 years in the Marine Corps.[2]
When the White House was interested in Warner Bros. making a film on John F. Kennedy's exploits as the commander of PT 109, Jack L. Warner sent a print of Marines, Let's Go to display Raoul Walsh's expertise for making the film. Kennedy emphatically hated the film [3] and Warner Bros. had to choose a new director.