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The Leatherneck (1929)
Directed by Howard Higgin
Overview
A film about male bonding. At the end of WW I, two Americans befriend a simple minded German and win him over into becoming an American. All three are still peacetime officers in the US Marines when an unscrupulous character steals Boyd’s girl and his two buddies go off to rescue her. When they don’t come back, Boyd goes after them to rescue all. This is all done in flashback from a court martial trial for desertion.
Rated NR | Length 65 minutes
Actors
William Boyd | Alan Hale | Robert Armstrong | Fred Kohler | Diane Ellis | Jimmy Aldine | Paul Weigel | Jules Cowles | Wade Boteler | Jack Richardson | Joseph W. Girard | Philo McCullough | Lee Shumway | Lloyd Whitlock | Mitchell Lewis