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The Leatherneck is a american film of genre Drama directed by Howard Higgin released in USA on 24 february 1929 with William Boyd

The Leatherneck (1929)

The Leatherneck
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Released in USA 24 february 1929
Length 1h5
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    War
Rating58% 2.9048052.9048052.9048052.9048052.904805

The Leatherneck is a 1929 American silent drama film directed by Howard Higgin. At the 2nd Academy Awards in 1930, Elliott J. Clawson was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay).

Prints of the film exist in the archives of the Library of Congress and at George Eastman House.

Synopsis

In the 1920s three U.S. Marines who have deserted return to their base in Tientsin, China; one is dead, one is insane and one is court martialed. On the witness stand he relates their story from the end of World War I. Following the Armistice with Germany Pvt Calhoun temporarily frees a German Prisoner of War named Schmidt to go drinking with him. In the bar another Marine, Pvt Hanlon refuses to drink with a German; their brawl escalates into a fight with the Military Police where the three become friends. The German eventually migrates to the United States where he enlists in the Marines.

Actors

William Boyd

(William Calhoun)Robert Armstrong

(Joseph Hanlon)Alan Hale

(Otto Schmidt)Fred Kohler

(Heckla)Diane Ellis

(Tanya)
And :
Paul Weigel
Wade Boteler
Jack Richardson
Philo McCullough
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