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To the Shores of Tripoli is a american film of genre Drama directed by H. Bruce Humberstone released in USA on 9 november 1942 with John Payne
To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)
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Add to a movie listTo the Shores of Tripoli is a 1942 American Technicolor film starring John Payne, Maureen O'Hara and Randolph Scott. The film was directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck.
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Titled after a lyric in the Marines' Hymn, which contains the phrase "... to the shores of Tripoli" (which is, itself, a reference to the Battle of Derne) the film is one of the last of the pre-Pearl Harbor service films. When the film was in post-production the Pearl Harbor attack occurred having the studio shoot a new ending where Payne re-enlists.Actors
John Payne
(Chris Winters)
Maureen O'Hara
(Mary Carter)
Randolph Scott
(Dixie Smith)
Nancy Kelly
(Helene Hunt)
Minor Watson
(Christopher Winters)
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