The Real Glory

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The Real Glory

1939,

1h 35m,

War

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In 1906, Col. Hatch (Roy Gordon) is stationed in the Philippines and ordered to withdraw his forces from the island of Mindanao. Worried that an insurgent army headed by the ruthless Alipang (Tetsu Komai) will slaughter Filipinos and seize power, Hatch recruits a group of tested military officers -- including Bill Canavan (Gary Cooper), a military doctor, and McCool (David Niven) and Larson (Broderick Crawford), two rambunctious Lieutenants -- to train the locals.

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Jul 23, 2008

As a vehicle for Cooper, Real Glory offers him a chance to perform some unusual feats of gallantry, over a wide terrain.

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Frank S. Nugent

New York Times

May 6, 2008

If it's an adventure film you want, uncomplicated by small talk and unconditionally guaranteed to build up your blood pressure, the [The Real Glory is] the place to find it.

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Pare Lorentz

McCall's

Dec 27, 2023

Pleasant people, in a simple, well-made, tight melodrama, but it failed to stir me simply because I could not divorce this story of a minor island war of ours from the recollection of the newsreel I had seen just before The Real Glory began.

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Graham Greene

The Spectator

May 15, 2018

Cooper as the military doctor, who arrives with a present of orchids and a colonel's gallstone for his friends, has never acted better.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Sep 3, 2006

B-

Gary Cooper is always at his best playing American heroes.

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Finn M

May 2, 2016

Not in the same league as 'Beau Geste' or 'Gunga Din' (films which this somewhat resembles) but it's got great atmosphere and Gary Cooper is mesmerising.

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Henry Hathaway

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Gary Cooper

Dr. Bill Canavan

Andrea Leeds

Linda Hartley

David Niven

Lt. Terence McCool

Reginald Owen

Capt. Steve Hartley

Broderick Crawford

Lt. Larson

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Synopsis

In 1906, Col. Hatch (Roy Gordon) is stationed in the Philippines and ordered to withdraw his forces from the island of Mindanao. Worried that an insurgent army headed by the ruthless Alipang (Tetsu Komai) will slaughter Filipinos and seize power, Hatch recruits a group of tested military officers -- including Bill Canavan (Gary Cooper), a military doctor, and McCool (David Niven) and Larson (Broderick Crawford), two rambunctious Lieutenants -- to train the locals.

Director: Henry Hathaway
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn, Robert Riskin
Screenwriter: Charles L. Clifford, Robert Presnell Sr., Jo Swerling
Distributor: United Artists
Production Co: United Artists, Samuel Goldwyn Company
Genre: War
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 15, 1939, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 27, 2020
Runtime: 1h 35m

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