
Join the Marines (1937)
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- 1h 7min
- Action
- 25 Jan 1937 (USA)
- Movie
A New York City cop leaves the department to join the U.S. Olympic team. He falls for the spoiled daughter of a Marine colonel, and winds up getting kicked off the team. He joins the Marines to win the Colonel's approval, then everybody...
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Paul Kelly | ... |
Philip H. 'Phil' Donlan
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June Travis | ... |
Paula Denbrough
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Purnell Pratt | ... |
Col. J. B. Denbrough
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Reginald Denny | ... |
Steve Lodge
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Warren Hymer | ... |
Herman
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Irving Pichel | ... |
Col. Leonard
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Sterling Holloway | ... |
Alfred - the Steward
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Ray Corrigan | ... |
Lt. Hodge
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John Holland | ... |
Lieutenant
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Carleton Young | ... |
Corporal
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John Sheehan | ... |
O'Day
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Arthur Hoyt | ... |
Capt. James
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Richard Beach | ... |
Marine
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Howard Hickman | ... |
Pruitt
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Val Duran | ... |
Chinese Bartender
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Landers Stevens | ... |
Dr. McCullough
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Franklin Adreon | ... |
Dr. Roberts (uncredited)
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Edgar Allan | ... |
Marine (uncredited)
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Roy Barcroft | ... |
Marine (uncredited)
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Dean Benton | ... |
Marine (uncredited)
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Gertrude Chorre | ... |
Native Woman (uncredited)
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Iron Eyes Cody | ... |
Native (uncredited)
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Frank Du Frane | ... |
Man (uncredited)
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Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian | ... |
Marine (uncredited)
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William Hopper | ... |
Marine (uncredited)
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Mailoa Kalili | ... |
Native Insurgent (uncredited)
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Manual Kalili | ... |
Native Insurgent (uncredited)
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Donald Kerr | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Al Kikume | ... |
Native - aka 'Head Barber' (uncredited)
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James C. Morton | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Mary Silva | ... |
Native Woman (uncredited)
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Directed by
Ralph Staub |
Written by
Joseph Krumgold | ... | (screenplay) and |
Olive Cooper | ... | (screenplay) |
Karl Brown | ... | (story) |
Produced by
Joseph Krumgold | ... | associate producer |
Nat Levine | ... | producer |
Albert E. Levoy | ... | executive producer |
Cinematography by
Ernest Miller |
Editing by
Ernest J. Nims | ... | (as Ernest Nims) |
Lester Orlebeck |
Editorial Department
Murray Seldeen | ... | supervising editor |
Costume Design by
Eloise |
Sound Department
Terry Kellum | ... | sound engineer |
Music Department
Harry Grey | ... | music supervisor |
Additional Crew
Walter Compton | ... | publicist (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Republic Pictures (presents)
Distributors
- Republic Pictures (1937) (United States) (theatrical)
- Empire Films Ltd. (1937) (Canada) (theatrical)
- British Lion Film Corporation (1937) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Internacional Filmes, S. A. (1938) (Brazil) (theatrical)
- Idéal Film (1938) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Filmes Luís Machado (1938) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Republic Pictures (1950) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Hollywood Television Service (1954) (United States) (tv)
- Sinister Cinema (1998) (United States) (VHS)
- Alpha Video Distributors (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- Sinister Cinema (2016) (United States) (DVD)
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Plot Summary |
A New York City cop leaves the department to join the U.S. Olympic team. He falls for the spoiled daughter of a Marine colonel, and winds up getting kicked off the team. He joins the Marines to win the Colonel's approval, then everybody winds up on a jungle island fighting an outbreak of bubonic plague and a native rebellion. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com |
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Taglines | The hilarious romantic antics of a mad Marine who chased a madcap mishap halfway across the world...until she caught him! (Print Ad-Portsmouth Times, ((Portsmouth Ohio)) 20 March 1937) See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Franklin Adreon, who played Dr. Roberts in this movie, was the only credited actor from this film who was in the United States Marine Corps. During World War II he was a major in the Marines. See more » |