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Director
  
David Howard

Producer
  
Nat Levine

Language
  
English

7/10
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Genre
  
Action, Drama, Romance

Duration
  

Country
  
USA

The Marines Are Coming movie poster

Writer
  
Colbert Clark
,
James Gruen
,
John Rathmell

Release date
  
1934

Cinematography
  
William Nobles, Ernest Miller

Cast
  
William Haines
(Lt. William 'Wild Bill' Traylor),
Conrad Nagel
(Capt. Edward 'Ned' Benton),
Esther Ralston
(Dorothy Manning),
Armida
(Rosita Hernández Consuelo Ibera y Buenaventura),
Edgar Kennedy
(Sgt. Buck Martin),
Hale Hamilton
(Colonel Gilroy)

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William Haines appears in The Marines Are Coming and Tell It to the Marines

The marines are coming 1934 drama


The Marines Are Coming is a 1934 American film directed by David Howard. It was the final film acting role of William Haines who had a major success in the 1928 film Tell it to the Marines.

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Plot summary

A brash marine is assigned to a new post which is now under the command of his former rival. The marine falls in love with his commanding officer's fiancée and romances her away from him. The day before their wedding, the fiancée calls it off after the marine is involved with an incident in Tijuana. The fiancée leaves for Central America to join her father, who is a diplomat, and the disgraced marine quits but re-enlists as a private. Assigned to a post in Central America, the marine discovers he must rescue his rival, who has been captured by the rebels plotting to overthrow the territorial governor, her former fiancée's father.

Cast

  • William Haines as Lt. William "Wild Bill" Traylor
  • Conrad Nagel as Capt. Edward "Ned" Benton
  • Esther Ralston as Dorothy Manning
  • Armida as Rosita Hernández Consuelo Ibera y Buenaventura
  • Edgar Kennedy as Sgt. Buck Martin
  • Hale Hamilton as Colonel Gilroy
  • Soundtrack

  • "Semper Fidelis" (Music by John Philip Sousa)
  • Armida - "Brazilian Baby" (Written by Gus Edwards)
  • References

    The Marines Are Coming Wikipedia
    The Marines Are Coming IMDb The Marines Are Coming themoviedb.org