Salute to the Marines
Rough! Romantic! Rarin' to go!
1943 · 1h 41m · Approved
Comedy, Drama, War
Directed by
S. Sylvan Simon
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- S. Sylvan Simon Director
- Wallace Beery as Sgt. Maj. William Bailey
- Fay Bainter as Jennie Bailey
- Reginald Owen as Mr. Henry Casper
- 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 as Adjutant
- Dick Curtis as Cpl. Mosley
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