Marines, Let's Go (1961)

Four privates romp their way through occupied Japan while on leave, finding a little romance and some laughs. After it's over they head to the front lines of the Korean War where brutality and death are constant.

Director:

Raoul Walsh

Writers:

John Twist (screenplay by), Raoul Walsh (based on a story by)

Stars:

Tom Tryon, David Hedison, Tom Reese

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Tom Tryon	...	Pfc. Skip Roth
David Hedison	...	Pfc. Dave Chatfield
Tom Reese	...	Pfc. Desmond 'Let's Go' McCaffrey
Linda Hutchings	...	Grace Blake
William Tyler	...	Pvt. Russ Waller
Barbara Stuart	...	Ina Baxter
David Brandon	...	Pvt. Newt Levels
Steve Baylor	...	Pvt. Chase
Peter Miller	...	Gunnery Sgt. Howard Hawkins
Rachel Romen	...	Mrs. Ellen Hawkins (as Adoree Evans)
Hideo Inamura	...	Pvt. Pete Kono
Vince Williams	...	Hank Dyer (war correspondent)
Fumiyo Fujimoto	...	Song Do (Chatfield's girl)
Heihachirô Ôkawa	...	Yoshida (hotel manager)

Storyline

Four privates romp their way through occupied Japan while on leave, finding a little romance and some laughs. After it's over they head to the front lines of the Korean War where brutality and death are constant.

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Plot Keywords:

violence | helmet | battle | battlefield | jungle warfare | 

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Taglines:

UP TO THEIR NECKS IN FIGHTIN' AND LOVIN'!

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | War

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Charles G. Clarke was the original cinematographer, but soon after he arrived in Kyoto, Japan, for some location shooting, he suffered a heart attack and was sent back to the US. Lucien Ballard replaced him.

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Goofs

It is the Korean War and all of Tom Tryon's combat ribbons are from World War II.

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Quotes

Song Do (Chatfield's girl): [speaking to Chatfield] My love, remember, our lives will be joined together by what these fools call death.

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Soundtracks

Again
(uncredited)
Music by Lionel Newman
Lyrics by Dorcas Cochran

User Reviews

Don't waste your time.

joebat23 was overly kind in his grading of this movie, it is absolutely terrible. The plot couldn't even be called sophomoric, the acting was atrocious and the reasoning of the characters was juvenile. Add to this the incredibly bad dialog and an "Intelligence department" that can't figure out what is going on when it should be painfully obvious and you have a movie that makes those Police Academy movies seem like high art worthy of a Nobel Prize.

The only reason I can think of to watch this movie is that a relative is in it and even then I don't think you should lest you lose any regard you have for that relative.

Oh, if you are expecting any even halfway decent battle scenes, forget it.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 November 1961 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

Marines, Let's Go

Filming Locations:

Kyoto, Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1