The Leathernecks Have Landed

The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936)

Genres - Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Action Thriller  |   Release Date - Jan 1, 1936 (USA - Unknown), Feb 17, 1936 (USA)  |   Run Time - 67 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

The Leathernecks Have Landed is an adventure yarn revolving around three boisterous marines. Lew Ayres is the headstrong one, James Ellison the sincere one, and Maynard Holmes the roly-poly comic relief. Holmes is killed in a nightclub brawl for which Ayres gets the blame. The real murderers are smugglers; the disgraced Ayres joins the gang to bring them to justice. Republic Pictures must have been entranced by this plotline, since it popped up virtually scene for scene in four subsequent films over the next six years: Forged Passport (39), Rough Rider's Roundup (39 again!), Girl From Havana (40) and Remember Pearl Harbor (42).

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killing, agent [representative], bar [pub], China, conflict, enemy, false-accusation, help, humiliation, investigation, Marines, murder, sea, service, shoot-out, smuggling, soldier, weapons, weapons-dealer