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Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
U.S. Marine sergeants Quirt and Flagg are inveterate romantic rivals on peacetime assignments in China and the Philippines. In 1917, W.W. I brings them to France, where Flagg, now a captain, takes up with flirtatious Charmaine, inn-keeper's daughter. Of course, Quirt has to arrive and spoil his fun. But the harsh realities of war and the threat of a shotgun marriage give the two men a common cause...
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
10 audience votes
Key crew
- James T. O'DonohoeWriter
- Raoul WalshDirector
Cast
- Edmund Lowe1st Sgt. Harry Quirt
- Victor McLaglenCapt. Flagg
- Dolores del RíoCharmaine de la Cognac
- William V. MongCognac Pete
- Phyllis HaverShanghai Mabel
- Elena JuradoCarmen
- Leslie FentonLt. Moore
- Barry NortonPvt. Kenneth 'Mother's Boy' Lewisohn
- Sammy CohenPvt. Lipinsky
- Ted McNamaraPvt. Kiper
- August TollaireFrench Mayor
- Mathilde ComontCamille
Stills
Themes
world war isilent film