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Were in the Legion Now!

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Director
  
Crane Wilbur

Genre
  
Comedy

Language
  
English

5/10
IMDb

Cinematography
  
Mack Stengler

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

Were in the Legion Now! movie poster

Writer
  
J.D. Newsom
,
Roger Whately
,
Crane Wilbur

Release date
  
1936 (1936)

Cast
  
Reginald Denny
(Dan Linton),
Esther Ralston
(Louise Rillette),
Vince Barnett
(Spike Conover),
Eleanor Hunt
(Honey Evans),
Claudia Dell
(Yvonne Cartier),
Robert Frazer
(Capt. Henri Rillette)

Similar movies
  
Yellow Cargo (1936), The Flying Deuces (1939), Beau Hunks (1931), Captain Calamity, The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)

We're in the Legion Now is a 1936 American adventure comedy film shot in Magnacolor. The film is also known as The Rest Cure (American reissue title), which was the title of the 1934 original J.D. Newsom story the film was based on..

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Plot

Two petty criminals are pursued by a gangster from the U.S.A. to Paris, France, where they enlist into the French Foreign Legion to escape. After being drafted to a garrison in North Africa, they fall foul of military authority and are sent to a sadistic punishment camp, where they lead an insurrection against its commanding officer, and then help to defeat a native Mohammedan revolt.

Cast

  • Reginald Denny as Dan Linton
  • Esther Ralston as Louise Rillette
  • Vince Barnett as Spike Conover
  • Eleanor Hunt as Honey Evans
  • Claudia Dell as Yvonne Cartier
  • Robert Frazer as Capt. Henri Rillette
  • Rudolph Anders as Sgt. Groeber
  • Francisco Marán as Abdul Ben-Abou
  • Merrill McCormick as Ali
  • Frank Hoyt as Adjutant Cartellini
  • Manuel Peluffo as Military Prisoner
  • Charles Moyer as Recruit Ringleader
  • Lou Hicks as Al Petrelli, American Gangster

    • References

    We're in the Legion Now! Wikipedia
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    Were in the Legion Now! IMDb Were in the Legion Now! themoviedb.org


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