’Gung Ho!’: The Story of Carlson’s Makin Island Raiders (1943) - film review
Ray Enright
Drama / History / War
Summary
’Gung Ho!’: The Story of Carlson’s Makin Island Raiders is an American war film first released in 1943,
directed by Ray Enright.
The film stars Randolph Scott, Alan Curtis, Noah Beery Jr., J. Carrol Naish and Sam Levene.
It has also been released under the title: Gung Ho!.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Ray Enright
- Script: W.S. LeFrançois, Lucien Hubbard, Joseph Hoffman
- Photo: Milton R. Krasner
- Music: Frank Skinner
- Cast: Randolph Scott (Colonel Thorwald), Alan Curtis (John Harbison), Noah Beery Jr. (Cpl. Kurt Richter), J. Carrol Naish (Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos), Sam Levene (Leo ’Transport’ Andreof), David Bruce (Larry O’Ryan), Richard Lane (Captain Dunphy), Walter Sande (’Gunner’ McBride), Louis Jean Heydt (Lieutenant Roland Browning), Robert Mitchum (’Pig-Iron’ Matthews), Rod Cameron (Rube Tedrow), Grace McDonald (Kathleen Corrigan), Milburn Stone (Cmdr. Blake), Peter Coe (Kozzarowski), Harold Landon (Frankie Montana), Irving Bacon (Harry the hamburger man), Eddie Coke (Chief Clerk), Dudley Dickerson (Mess Boy), John Frazer (Signal Officer), Alex Havier (Filipino), Joe Haworth (Singing Marine), Bill Healy (Marine Sergeant), Chet Huntley (Narrator), John James (Buddy Andrews), Robert Kent (Submarine Navigator Robinson), Liparit (Japanese Dialogue), Clarence Lung (Japanese Officer), Don McGill (Clerk), Bernard Sell (Helmsman), Nick Shaid (Old Guard), Carl Vernell (Marine on Submarine), Prince Waln (Japanese Soldier), Bruce Wong (Japanese Pilot)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 88 min; B&W
- Aka: Gung Ho!
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