The Leatherneck
1929A 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.
Acted in
William Boyd
as William Calhoun
Alan Hale
as Otto Schmidt
Robert Armstrong
as Joseph Hanlon
Fred Kohler
as Heckla
Diane Ellis
as Tanya
Jimmy Aldine
as Tanya's Brother (as James Aldine)
Paul Weigel
as Petrovitch
Jules Cowles
as Cook
Wade Boteler
as Top Sergeant
Jack Richardson
as Court-Martial Officer
Joseph W. Girard
as Court-Martial Officer (as Joseph Girard)
Philo McCullough
as Court-Martial Officer
Lee Shumway
as Court-Martial Officer
Lloyd Whitlock
as Court-Martial Officer
Mitchell Lewis
as Court-Martial Officer
