Marine Raiders (film)
1944 film by Harold D. Schuster / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marine Raiders is a 1944 RKO war film showing a fictional depiction of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion and 1st Marine Parachute Battalion on Guadalcanal, R&R in Australia, retraining in Camp Elliott (where much of the film was made) and a fictional attack in the Solomon Islands. Produced by Robert Fellows, and directed by Harold D. Schuster, it stars Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, and Ruth Hussey.
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Directed by | Harold D. Schuster Robert Wise (additional scenes) |
Written by | Martin Rackin Warren Duff |
Produced by | Robert Fellows |
Starring | Pat O'Brien Robert Ryan Ruth Hussey |
Cinematography | Nicholas Musuraca |
Edited by | Philip Martin Jr. |
Music by | Roy Webb |
Distributed by | RKO |
Release date | June 30, 1944 (1944-06-30) |
Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The film depicts fictionalized accounts of the Guadalcanal Campaign (1942-1943), the Battle of Edson's Ridge (1942), and the Bougainville Campaign (1943-1945). The Western Desert Campaign (1940-1943) is mentioned as a concurrent event, but not actually depicted on-screen.