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The Marines Come Thru

The Marines Come Thru

1938Movie⏱️ 1h 5m
ActionDramaWar
⭐ 4.9
IMDB Rating
45 votes

Marine Lieutenant Steve Landers has perfected a new bomb-release for airplanes which he is testing with the aid of his mechanics,'Singapore' Stebbins and Jack Murray. Dick Weber, one of a group of enemy agents attempting to steal ...

Director
Louis J. Gasnier
Writers
Lawrence Meade, D.S. Leslie, Jack Kofoed
Stars
Wallace Ford, Toby Wing, Grant Withers
Release Date
August 5, 1938
Language
English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Wallace Ford
Wallace Ford
as Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins
Toby Wing
Toby Wing
as Linda Dale
Grant Withers
Grant Withers
as Pvt. Jack 'Junior' Murray
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Sheila Lynch
as Maisie King
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Michael Doyle
as Lt. Steve Landers
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Don Lanning
as Dick Weber
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Frank Rasmussen
as Beckstrom
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Roy Elkins
as Charles
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James Neary
as Top Sergeant
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Thomas McKeon
as Col. Dale

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Production
George A. Hirliman Productions

🏷️ Keywords

deceptionenemy agentspy ringcrash landinggulf of mexico

🎯 Categories

ActionDramaWar

⭐ Featured Review

Not even good propaganda
by bkoganbing β€’ 2018-12-24
1/10

"I suppose that one of the only significant things about The Marines Come Thru is the fact that it is shot in Florida. Possibly poverty row Grand National Studios was thinking that they would pioneer Florida as a new motion picture studio location instead of Hollywood. If they did it was one awful picture that they chose. The Marines Come Thru has a pair of aviation mechanics, Wallace Ford and Grant Withers foil a spy ring planning to steal the design of a new bomb site. Ford and Withers are doing a most lame imitation of Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirk and are the mechanics to Marine aviati..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

This movie was re-released by Astor Pictures in 1943 as "Fight On Marines!" to take advantage of the wartime demand for patriotic subjects, filling the lower half of the double bill in second-run movie houses. This reissue causes a lot of confusion in Toby Wing's career bios as it often credited as a singular 1943 production when it was, in fact a re-issue. Toby's film career ended in 1937, although a couple of her films would be released into 1938.

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πŸ“– Synopsis

Marine Lieutenant Steve Landers has perfected a new bomb-release for airplanes which he is testing with the aid of his mechanics,'Singapore' Stebbins and Jack Murray. Dick Weber, one of a group of enemy agents attempting to steal ...