The Bugle Sounds
1942 film by S. Sylvan Simon
- January 13, 1942 (1942-01-13)
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The Bugle Sounds is a 1942 American World War II movie starring Wallace Beery as a cavalry sergeant resistant to replacing horses with tanks. The supporting cast includes Marjorie Main, Lewis Stone, George Bancroft, Donna Reed, and Chill Wills, and the film was directed by S. Sylvan Simon.
Plot
In 1941, Colonel Lawton of the 19th Cavalry Regiment has to convert his unit from horses to light tanks. First Sergeant Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan who has nearly 30 years in the US Cavalry with service in the Mexican Border Campaign and World War I has a hard time with the adjustments. The regiment is also to take in its first draftees. In the meantime saboteurs are attempting to destroy the tanks.
Cast
- Wallace Beery as First Sergeant Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan
- Marjorie Main as Susie
- Lewis Stone as Colonel Jack Lawton
- George Bancroft as Russ
- Henry O'Neill as Lieutenant Colonel Harry Seton
- Donna Reed as Sally Hanson
- Chill Wills as Sergeant Larry Dillon
- William Lundigan as Private Joey Hanson
- Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Sgt. Krims
- Tom Dugan as Sergeant Strong
- Ernest Whitman as Cartaret
- Roman Bohnen as Mr. Leech
- Jerome Cowan as Mr. Nichols
- Arthur Space as Hank
- Jonathan Hale as Brigadier-General
See also
The other six Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main films:
- Wyoming (1940)
- Barnacle Bill (1941)
- Jackass Mail (1942)
- Rationing (1944)
- Bad Bascomb (1946)
- Big Jack (1949)
References
- ^ "101 Pix Gross in Millions" Variety 6 Jan 1943 p 58
External links
- The Bugle Sounds at IMDb
- The Bugle Sounds at AllMovie
- The Bugle Sounds at the TCM Movie Database
- The Bugle Sounds at the American Film Institute Catalog
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Films directed by S. Sylvan Simon
- A Girl with Ideas (1937)
- Prescription for Romance (1937)
- The Crime of Doctor Hallet (1938)
- The Nurse from Brooklyn (1938)
- Spring Madness (1938)
- Four Girls in White (1939)
- The Kid from Texas (1939)
- These Glamour Girls (1939)
- Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
- Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
- Sporting Blood (1940)
- Dulcy (1940)
- Keeping Company (1940)
- Washington Melodrama (1941)
- Whistling in the Dark (1941)
- The Bugle Sounds (1942)
- Rio Rita (1942)
- Grand Central Murder (1942)
- Tish (1942)
- Whistling in Dixie (1942)
- Salute to the Marines (1943)
- Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)
- Song of the Open Road (1944)
- Son of Lassie (1945)
- Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945)
- Bad Bascomb (1946)
- The Thrill of Brazil (1946)
- The Cockeyed Miracle (1946)
- Her Husband's Affairs (1947)
- I Love Trouble (1948)
- The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
- Lust for Gold (1949)
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