Elliott J. Clawson is a Scriptwriter American born on 19 january 1883 at Salt Lake City (USA)
Elliott J. Clawson
Elliott J. Clawson participated to
29 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
2 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Scriptwriter
, 1h5
Directed by Howard HigginOrigin USAGenres Drama,
WarActors William Boyd,
Robert Armstrong,
Alan Hale,
Fred Kohler,
Diane Ellis,
Paul WeigelRoles Writer
Rating58%
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.