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Director
  
Spencer Williams

Duration
  

Screenplay
  
Spencer Williams

Writer
  
Spencer Williams

Language
  
English

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Genre
  
Drama, History

Running time
  
1h 23m

Producer
  
H. W. Kier

Country
  
USA

Marching On! movie poster

Release date
  
1943 (1943)

Cast
  
L.K. Smith, George T. Sutton, Emmet Jackson

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Marching On! is a 1943 American race film directed and written by Spencer Williams. Sequences were filmed at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. The film was later rereleased with additional sequences under the title Where's My Man To-nite?.

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Plot

The film focuses on a young African American who continues his family’s tradition of military service when he is drafted into the United States Army during World War II. Despite complications that arise during his basic training, including his jealousy following his girlfriend's flirtatious attention to his sergeant, the young soldier becomes a hero when he locates Japanese saboteurs operating a radio station outside of his military base.

Cast

  • Hugo Martin as Rodney Tucker Jr.
  • George T. Sutton as Gramps Sam Tucker
  • Emmet Jackson as Sgt. Robert L. Keene
  • "Pepper" Neely as Wash, soldier
  • Mickey McZekkashing as Wimpy, soldier
  • Myra D. Hemmings as Mrs. Ellen Tucker
  • Clarissy Deary as Ginny
  • L.K. Smith as Rufus
  • John Hemmings as Rodney Tucker Sr.
  • Georgia Kelly as Martha Adams
  • References

    Marching On! Wikipedia
    Marching On! IMDb Marching On! themoviedb.org