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Gung Ho!(1943)
Status: Released
Date: 1943-12-20
53%
20 Votes
Time: 1h 28m
U.S. Marine Raiders in Action...Blasting Their Way To Tokyo!
Overview:
A true-life epic that revolves around an exclusive bataillon of the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, "Carlson's Raiders," whose assignment is to take control of a South Pacific island once possessed by the United States but now under Japanese command.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Walter Wanger Productions
Movie: Gung Ho!
Top 10 Billed Cast
Randolph Scott
Colonel Thorwald
Alan Curtis
John Harbison
Noah Beery Jr.
Cpl. Kurt Richter
J. Carrol Naish
Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos
Sam Levene
Leo 'Transport' Andreof
Robert Mitchum
'Pig iron' Matthews
Louis Jean Heydt
Lt Roland Browning
David Bruce
Larry O'Ryan
Richard Lane
Capt. Dunphy
Walter Sande
McBride
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Overview
A true-life epic that revolves around an exclusive bataillon of the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, "Carlson's Raiders," whose assignment is to take control of a South Pacific island once possessed by the United States but now under Japanese command.
Release Date
1943-12-20
Average
5.3
Rating:
2.6 startsTagline
U.S. Marine Raiders in Action...Blasting Their Way To Tokyo!
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