Salute to the Marines (1943)
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.
- Released
- 1943-09-02
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, War
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- S. Sylvan Simon, George Bruce
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 from 5 votes
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
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