It is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese invade the Philippines, leads a heroic defense, first by strangling a Nazi agent, and then dying in his dress blues uniform while blowing up a bridge.
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Trailer
Salute to the Marines (Original Theatrical Trailer)
Cast
Wallace Beery
Sgt. Maj. William Bailey
Fay Bainter
Jennie Bailey
Reginald Owen
Mr. Henry Casper
Ray Collins
Col. John Mason
Keye Luke
'Flashy' Logaz
Marilyn Maxwell
Helen Bailey
William Lundigan
Rufus Cleveland
Donald Curtis
Randall James
Noah Beery
Adjutant
Dick Curtis
Cpl. Mosley
Russell Gleason
Pvt. Hanks
Rose Hobart
Mrs. Carson
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