Salute to the Marines

Salute to the Marines

Original film poster
Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Starring Wallace Beery
Distributed by MGM
Release dates
  • 1943 (1943)
Running time
101 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Salute to the Marines is a 1943 World War II film starring Wallace Beery. The movie is set in the Philippines and shot in Technicolor (in Hollywood), and was directed by S. Sylvan Simon.

The picture features 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. Beery's older brother Noah Beery, Sr. also appears in the film. The supporting cast features Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, Ray Collins, Keye Luke, and Marilyn Maxwell.

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