Gung Ho! (1943)
U.S. Marine Raiders in Action...Blasting Their Way To Tokyo!
A true-life epic that revolves around an exclusive bataillon of the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, "Carlson's Raiders," whose assignment is to take control of a South Pacific island once possessed by the United States but now under Japanese command.
- Date of release
- 1943-12-20
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (28)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Drama, War
- Director
- Ray Enright
Casting
- Randolph Scott — Colonel Thorwald
- Alan Curtis — John Harbison
- Noah Beery Jr. — Cpl. Kurt Richter
- J. Carrol Naish — Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos
- Sam Levene — Leo 'Transport' Andreof
- Robert Mitchum — 'Pig iron' Matthews
- Louis Jean Heydt — Lt Roland Browning
- David Bruce — Larry O'Ryan
- Richard Lane — Capt. Dunphy
- Walter Sande — McBride
- Rod Cameron — Rube Tedrow
- Grace McDonald — Kathleen Corrigan
Interesting facts
Gung Ho! is a 1943 American war film directed by Ray Enright and starring Randolph Scott. The story is based somewhat on the real-life World War II Makin Island raid led by Lieutenant Colonel Evans Carlson's 2nd Marine Raider Battalion.
Production
When producer Walter Wanger acquired the rights to the Makin Island raid and Lt. W.S LeFrançois' story, the United States Navy film liaison Lt. Albert J Bolton insisted that neither Carlson nor his executive officer James Roosevelt be singled out. The screenplay depicted a fictional Lt. Col. Thorwald with no executive officer. The screenplay did include a character played by J.
Like many other films about the United States Marine Corps, the movie was filmed at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego and Camp Pendleton with Marine extras and technical advisors including Carlson, Maghakian and Lt. Wilfred Sylvio LeFrancois with all three men being awarded the Navy Cross on the actual raid. The Japanese were played by Chinese and Filipino extras.
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