Marines, Let's Go

Marines, Let's Go (1961)

Following combat duty in Korea, a group of United States Marines (Tom Tryon, David Hedison and Tom Reese) are given a furlough in Japan.

Date of release
1961-08-15
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Comedy, War
Director
Raoul Walsh

Casting

Interesting facts

Marines, Let's Go is a 1961 American CinemaScope DeLuxe Color Korean War film about three Marine buddies on shore leave in Japan and at war in Korea. It was produced and directed by Raoul Walsh, who also wrote the story. Walsh had previously had successes with films about the U.S. Marine Corps in World War I, the 1920s, and World War II. This was the next-to-last film of Walsh's long directing career.

Production

Walsh filmed the movie on location in Japan with extras from the US Marine Corps, who were pulled off filming due to the possibility of their being sent to Laos. The film was completed in Okinawa.

The Marine technical advisor of the film was Colonel Jacob G. Goldberg (1911–2008), who served 30 years in the Marine Corps.

Tom Reese was a former Marine and a military policeman, Roy Jenson a former sailor.

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