Salute to the Marines
movie
Rough! Romantic! Rarin' to go!
Released September 02, 1943
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.
Cast
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
Russell Gleason
as
Pvt. Hanks
Rose Hobart
as
Mrs. Carson
