Gung Ho!

Overview

Accepted in 1943 as standard wartime propaganda, Gung Ho can be seen today as an outrageous exercise in raging machismo. Randolph Scott plays Thorwald, a marine colonel assigned to assemble a crack squadron of fearless jungle fighters for the all-important raid on Japanese-held Makim Island (which in real life was recaptured only a few weeks before the film's release). Thorwald seems determine to select the dregs of the earth for this mission: most of his squadron is comprised of misfits, barroom brawlers, borderline psychos and outright murderers. It is suggested that these sociopaths are the only men truly qualified for the mission at hand, and by film's end the squadron members-living and dead-are lauded as true-blue patriots. Once one gets past the questionable premise, Gung Ho is a fairly exciting WWII melodrama, with a particularly thrilling climax. The film is currently available in its original form and in a computer-colorized version.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/15/2015
UPC:	0644827270026
Original Release:	1943
Source:	Reel Vault
Language:	English
Sales rank:	36,378

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Randolph Scott	Col. Thorwald
Alan Curtis	John Harbison
Noah Beery Jr.	Kurt Richter
David Bruce	Larry O'Ryan
Grace McDonald	Kathleen Corrigan
J. Carrol Naish	Lt. Cristoforos
Peter Coe	Kozzarowski
Robert Mitchum	Pig Iron
Richard Lane	Capt. Dunphy
Rod Cameron	Rube Tedrow
Sam Levene	Transport
Milburn Stone	Cmdr. Blade
Harold Landon	Frankie Montana
John James	Buddy Andrews
Louis Jean Heydt	Lt. Roland Browning
Walter Sande	Gunner McBride
Harry Strang	Sgt. Jim Corrigan
Irving Bacon	Waiter
Joe Hayworth	Singing Marine
Carl Varnell	Marine on Sub
Robert Kent	Sub Officer
Chet Huntley	Narrator
Frank Skinner	Composer

Technical Credits

Lucien Hubbard

Ray Enright	Director
John P. Fulton	Special Effects
Walter Wanger	Producer
Lucien Hubbard	Screenwriter