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Director
  
James P. Hogan

Production
  
Paramount Pictures

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Cinematography
  
Charles Schoenbaum

Country
  
United States

Sons of the Legion movie poster

Release date
  
September 18, 1938 (1938-09-18)

Writer
  
Lewis R. Foster (screenplay), Lewis R. Foster (story), Lillie Hayward, Robert F. McGowan

Cast
  
Lynne Overman
(Charles Lee),
Evelyn Keyes
(Linda Lee),
Tim Holt
(Tim Holt),
Elizabeth Patterson
(Grandmother Lee),
William Frawley
(Uncle Willie Lee),
Billy Cook
(David Lee)

Similar movies
  
Related James P Hogan movies

Sons of The Legion is a film about a group of young men looking to start a squadron in their Legion Post. However, because the boy's father wrongfully received a dishonorable discharge after World War I, his father cannot join the Legion and in turn his son cannot join the squadron.

Contents

Cast

  • Lynne Overman as Charles Lee
  • Evelyn Keyes as Linda Lee
  • Tim Holt as Steven Scott
  • Elizabeth Patterson as Grandmother Lee
  • William Frawley as Uncle Willie Lee
  • Billy Cook as David Lee
  • Billy Lee as Billy Lee
  • Donald O'Connor as Butch Baker
  • Edward Pawley as Gunman Baker
  • Richard Tucker as State Commander
  • Johnnie Morris as Mickey
  • Wally Albright as Harold
  • Benny Bartlett as Red O'Flaherty
  • Lucille Ward as Margaret
  • Ronald Paige as Boy
  • David Holt as Jimmy Hynes
  • Georgie Billings as Skinny
  • Sammy McKim as Spec
  • Arthur Singer as Abie
  • Walter Tetley as Shifty
  • Charles Peck as Clarence
  • Sonny Boy Williams as Dickie
  • James T. Mack as Postman
  • Carl Harbaugh as Customer
  • Emmett Vogan as Policeman
  • Sarah Edwards as Mrs. Hynes

    • Production

    Tim Holt was loaned to Paramount from Walter Wanger. Filming started 30 June 1938.

    References

    Sons of the Legion Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Sons of the Legion IMDb Sons of the Legion themoviedb.org