''The Marines Come Thru'' is a 1938 American

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

directed by

Louis J. Gasnier Louis Joseph Gasnier (September 15, 1875 – February 15, 1963) was a French-American film director, producer, screenwriter and stage actor. A cinema pioneer, Gasnier shepherded the early career of comedian Max Linder, co-directed the enormously ...

and written by D.S. Leslie and Jack Kofoed for

Grand National Pictures Grand National Films, Inc (or Grand National Pictures, Grand National Productions and Grand National Film Distributing Co.) was an American Poverty Row motion picture production-distribution company in operation from 1936 to 1939. The company ha ...

. The film stars

Wallace Ford Wallace Ford (born Samuel Grundy Jones; 12 February 1898 – 11 June 1966) was an English-born naturalized American vaudevillian, stage performer and screen actor. Usually playing wise-cracking characters, he combined a tough but friendly-face ...

Toby Wing Toby Wing (born Martha Virginia Wing, July 14, 1915 – March 22, 2001), "Toby" being an old family nickname, was an American actress and showgirl, once called "the most beautiful chorus girl in Hollywood". Early years Wing was born in Ame ...

Grant Withers Granville Gustavus Withers (January 17, 1905 – March 27, 1959) was an American film actor who acted under the screen name Grant Withers. With early beginnings in the silent era, Withers moved into sound films, establishing himself with a lis ...

, Sheila Lynch, Michael Doyle and Don Lanning. The film was rereleased on July 8, 1943, by

Astor Pictures Astor Pictures was a motion picture distribution company in the United States from 1930 to 1963. It was founded by Robert M. Savini (29 August 1886 – 29 April 1956). Astor specialized in film re-releases. It later released independently m ...

as ''Fight On, Marines''.

Plot

Cast

as Pvt. 'Singapore' Stebbins *

as Linda Dale *

as Pvt. Jack 'Junior' Murray *Sheila Lynch as Maisie King *Michael Doyle as Lt. Steve Landers *Don Lanning as Dick Weber *Frank Rasmussen as Beckstrom *Roy Elkins as Charles *James Neary as Top Sergeant *Thomas McKeon as Col. Dale

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marines Come Thru 1938 films American action films 1940s action films Grand National Films films Astor Pictures films Films directed by Louis J. Gasnier American black-and-white films Films about the United States Marine Corps 1940s English-language films 1930s English-language films