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- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Harry Morgan
- Mouthy
- (as Henry Morgan)
Joseph Crehan
- Uncle Bob
- (scenes deleted)
John Hamilton
- Gen. Gordon
- (scenes deleted)
Iris Adrian
- Okay's Girlfriend
- (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
- Doctor
- (uncredited)
Hugh Beaumont
- Orderly
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaMaureen O'Haras' first film in Technicolor. She looked so good in it that she later earned the nickname "Queen of Technicolor".
- GoofsIt is full daylight at 5:00 a.m.. By the angle of the shadow it is approximately 10:00 a.m.
- Quotes
Sgt. Dixie Smith: Good morning, Roberts.
Corporal: Good morning, Sergeant. You're up kind of early.
Sgt. Dixie Smith: Yeah, I'm expecting a guest.
Corporal: Don't tell me Cagney's coming down here to glorify the Marines again.
- ConnectionsEdited into All This and World War II (1976)
- SoundtracksI Know Why (and So Do You)
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played at the first dance and at various times throughout the picture
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Despite all its shortcomings, forced patriotism, and light as air plot, I enjoyed it
To the Shores of Tripoli is the kind of movie that I generally don't care for. The title may conjure images of Marines fighting and dying on some foreign shore, but you won't find that here. Instead you'll find a flag-waving recruitment film that makes Marine basic training look like a trip to summer camp. The movie makes it seem that the entire eight week training is made up of little more than marching and doing drills in a parking lot. And when these guys aren't in the parking lot, they're pulling pranks and wooing nurses they've been told to leave alone. Abbott and Costello's Buck Privates has more in the way of military realism than To the Shores of Tripoli.
Yet despite all its shortcomings, forced patriotism, and light as air plot, I enjoyed To the Shores of Tripoli. I was somehow able to put my brain on hold and go along for the ride. It's harmless, good-natured fun. Most of my enjoyment probably comes from the three main leads. John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, and Randolph Scott do a solid job with what they're given to work with. Much of the comedy works, particularly the hospital scene where Payne fakes an injury to be near O'Hara. And, To the Shores of Tripoli has an innocence to it that you don't find in movies anymore that I find appealing.
Yet despite all its shortcomings, forced patriotism, and light as air plot, I enjoyed To the Shores of Tripoli. I was somehow able to put my brain on hold and go along for the ride. It's harmless, good-natured fun. Most of my enjoyment probably comes from the three main leads. John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, and Randolph Scott do a solid job with what they're given to work with. Much of the comedy works, particularly the hospital scene where Payne fakes an injury to be near O'Hara. And, To the Shores of Tripoli has an innocence to it that you don't find in movies anymore that I find appealing.
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- bensonmum2
- Jun 18, 2006
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- Gross US & Canada
- $2,300,000
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was To the Shores of Tripoli (1942) officially released in India in English?
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