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Marines, Let's Go 
Original film posterDirected by Raoul Walsh Produced by Raoul Walsh Written by Raoul Walsh (story)
John TwistStarring Tom Tryon
David Hedison
Tom Reese
Linda Hutchings
Barbara StuartMusic by Irving Gertz
title song sung by Rex AllenCinematography Lucien Ballard Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release date(s) 
15 August 1961Running time 103 min. Country United States Language English Marines, Let's Go is a 1961 CinemaScope colour Korean War film about three Marine buddies (Tom Tryon, David Hedison and Tom Reese) 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 (What Price Glory?), the 1920s (The Cock-Eyed World and Sadie Thompson), and World War II (Battle Cry).
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.[1] 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.[2]
When the White House was interested in Warner Bros. making a film on John F. Kennedy's exploits as the commander of PT 109, Jack L. Warner sent a print of Marines, Let's Go to display Raoul Walsh's expertise for making the film. Kennedy emphatically hated the film [3] and Warner Bros. had to choose a new director.
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References
- ^ http://books.google.com.au/books?id=l5YPAAAAIAAJ&q=%22marines+let's+go%22+laos&dq=%22marines+let's+go%22+laos&lr=&cd=1
- ^ http://www.marinechat.com/forums/showthread.php/18985-Col-Jacob-G-Goldberg-USMC-(ret)-96-Colorado-Springs-CO
- ^ Suid, Lawrence H. Sailing on the Silver Screen: Hollywood and the U.S. Navy, Naval Institute Press, 1996, p. 153
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Films directed by Raoul Walsh 1910s The Life of General Villa (1914) · Regeneration (1915) · Carmen (1915) · The Serpent (1916) · The Prussian Cur (1918)1920s Kindred of the Dust (1922) · Lost and Found on a South Sea Island (1923) · The Thief of Bagdad (1924) · The Lucky Lady (1926) · What Price Glory? (1926) · Sadie Thompson (1928) · The Cock-Eyed World (1929) · Hot for Paris (1929)1930s The Big Trail (1930) · The Man Who Came Back (1931) · The Yellow Ticket (1931) · Wild Girl (1932) · Me and My Gal (1932) · Sailor's Luck (1933) · Hello, Sister! (1933) · The Bowery (1933) · Going Hollywood (1933) · Every Night at Eight (1935) · Klondike Annie (1936) · Big Brown Eyes (1936) · Artists and Models (1937) · Hitting a New High (1937) · College Swing (1938) · St. Louis Blues (1939) · The Roaring Twenties (1939)1940s Dark Command (1940) · They Drive by Night (1940) · High Sierra (1941) · The Strawberry Blonde (1941) · Manpower (1941) · They Died with Their Boots On (1941) · Desperate Journey (1942) · Gentleman Jim (1942) · Background to Danger (1943) · Northern Pursuit (1943) · Uncertain Glory (1944) · Objective, Burma! (1945) · Salty O'Rourke (1945) · The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) · The Man I Love (1947) · Pursued (1947) · Cheyenne (1947) · Silver River (1948) · Fighter Squadron (1948) · One Sunday Afternoon (1948) · Colorado Territory (1949) · White Heat (1949)1950s Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951) · Along the Great Divide (1951) · Distant Drums (1951) · Glory Alley (1952) · The World in His Arms (1952) · Blackbeard the Pirate (1952) · The Lawless Breed (1953) · Sea Devils (1953) · A Lion Is in the Streets (1953) · Gun Fury (1953) · Saskatchewan (1954) · Battle Cry (1955) · The Tall Men (1955) · The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956) · The King and Four Queens (1956) · Band of Angels (1957) · The Naked and the Dead (1958) · The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958) · A Private's Affair (1959)1960s Categories:- English-language films
- 1961 films
- American films
- United States Marine Corps in popular culture
- Korean War films
- Films set in the 1950s
- Films shot in CinemaScope
- 20th Century Fox films
- Films directed by Raoul Walsh
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