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The wartime romantic misadventures of Captain Flagg, commander of a company of US Marines in 1918 France.The wartime romantic misadventures of Captain Flagg, commander of a company of US Marines in 1918 France.The wartime romantic misadventures of Captain Flagg, commander of a company of US Marines in 1918 France.
Max Showalter
- Lt. Moore
- (as Casey Adams)
Luis Alberni
- Grand Uncle
- (uncredited)
Olga Andre
- Sister Clothilde
- (uncredited)
Tina Blagoi
- Mrs. Bouchard
- (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
- Gilbert
- (uncredited)
George Bruggeman
- German Lieutenant
- (uncredited)
Frederic Brunn
- German Officer
- (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
- Charmaine's Uncle
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJohn Ford was an uncredited second unit director in the 1926 version directed by Raoul Walsh.
- GoofsCaptain Flagg's command was referred to as L Company, 5th Marines. In WWI Marine Companies were numbered. Prior to WWI they served independently with battalions and above were ad hoc organizations. 5th Marines should 5th Regiment. The change from Regiment to Marines wouldn't come until the 30s.
- Quotes
Captain Flagg: It's a lousy war, kid... but it's the only one we've got.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Only Game in Town (1970)
- SoundtracksOui, Oui, Marie
(uncredited)
Music by Fred Fisher
Lyrics by Al Bryan and Joseph McCarthy
Sung by Corinne Calvet and chorus
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Cornball Heaven - What Price Glory?
What do you get when you combine an over the hlll Cagney with a second-rate cast and first-rate director? A mess. And that's what this is; a mess. It is so cartoonish in spots that I expected Bugs Bunny to pop out on screen at times. Everyone is over the top, and the only good sequences are between the young man and the young French girl, but those are buried under a tidal wave of cornball, false bravado, tired sterotypes and corny dialogue (did I mention the film was corny?).
And despite all of this corn (which is substantial), parts of the film ring true. Especially the part where Marines go back for second and third servings of frontline crap. I happen to know for a fact this is true; as amazingly stupid as it might appear. My best friend during the Vietnam war was on leave with me in Okinawa for a month. I was in the Army, and he was a marine. He had been wounded twice. And he went back for a third time. After we were drinking for a bit, I asked him how could he be so stupid as to go back for a third time? He told me his friends were there, and that they depended on him. I had nothing I could say. So, some of this corn is true, but most of the film is baloney.
And despite all of this corn (which is substantial), parts of the film ring true. Especially the part where Marines go back for second and third servings of frontline crap. I happen to know for a fact this is true; as amazingly stupid as it might appear. My best friend during the Vietnam war was on leave with me in Okinawa for a month. I was in the Army, and he was a marine. He had been wounded twice. And he went back for a third time. After we were drinking for a bit, I asked him how could he be so stupid as to go back for a third time? He told me his friends were there, and that they depended on him. I had nothing I could say. So, some of this corn is true, but most of the film is baloney.
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- Also known as
- Hombres a la aventura
- Filming locations
- Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, USA(army base scenes)
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- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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