Marine Raiders

Marine Raiders (1944)

COURAGE - Cold as the Steel of their Bayonets! ROMANCE - Warm as the Love which Inspires It! ACTION - Shaking the Skies!

A Marine major looks out for his captain on Guadalcanal and in Australia.

Date of release
1944-07-11
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Romance, War, Drama, Action
Director
Harold D. Schuster

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: California

Marine Raiders is a 1944 RKO war film showing a fictional depiction of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion and 1st Marine Parachute Battalion on Guadalcanal, R&R in Australia, retraining in Camp Elliott and a fictional attack in the Solomon Islands. Produced by Robert Fellows, and directed by Harold D. Schuster, it stars Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, and Ruth Hussey.

Production

Producer Robert Fellows had previously filmed Bombardier and The Iron Major with RKO's contract star Pat O'Brien. O'Brien was impressed by the newcomer Ryan with whom he worked and recommended him to RKO over several other stars for the leading role of Dan Craig. Ryan's performance was noticed by a reviewer of The Nation who compared him to Gary Cooper.

The film was made at the Marine base at Camp Elliott, near San Diego, with Captain Clay Boyd as the technical advisor. Boyd, the son of a World War I Marine, was a former enlisted Marine but was commissioned in 1941. He was a platoon commander with the 1st Raider Battalion at Guadalcanal and twice reconnoitered New Georgia prior to the invasion where he was a company commander.

Robert Wise directed pick up and additional scenes. Nicholas Musuraca, famed for his cinematography on many Val Lewton horror films and film noir classics filmed the two battle scenes at night.

Roy Webb's score includes "Bless 'Em All" as a theme for the Australian locales.

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