Salute to the Marines

Salute to the Marines
File:Salmarpos.jpg 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.

Cast

• Wallace Beery as Sgt. Maj. William Bailey
• Fay Bainter as Jenny Bailey
• Reginald Owen as Henry Caspar
• 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, Sr. as Adjutant
• Dick Curtis as Cpl. Moseley
• Russell Gleason as Pvt. Hanks
• Rose Hobart as Mrs. Carson
• Hugh Beaumont as Sergeant (uncredited)
• Robert Blake as Junior Carson (uncredited)
• Jim Davis as Pvt. Saunders (uncredited)
• Chester Gan as Japanese Officer

External links

• Salute to the Marines at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Salute to the Marines at IMDb