Marching On! (1943)
During World War II, a young African American is forced to continue his family’s tradition of military service when he's drafted into the Army. Despite complications that arise during basic training, including his jealousy following his girlfriend's flirtatious attention to his sergeant, the young soldier becomes a hero when he locates Japanese saboteurs operating a radio station outside of his military base.
- Date of release
- 1943-01-01
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- War
- Director
- Spencer Williams
Casting
- Hugo Martin — Rodney Tucker Jr.
- George T. Sutton — Gramps Sam Tucker
- Myra D. Hemmings — Mama T.
- Emmet Jackson — Sgt. Keen
- L.K. Smith — Rufus
- Georgia Kelly — Martha Adams
- Clarissy Deary — Jenny
- Lawrence 'Pepper' Neely — Wash
- Estrica McZekkashing — Wimpy
- J.W. Hemmings — The Hobo
Interesting facts
Marching On! is a 1943 American race film directed and written by Spencer Williams. Sequences were filmed at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. The film was later rereleased with additional musical sequences under the title Where's My Man To-nite?.
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