Marching On!
Marching On! | |
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Directed by | Spencer Williams |
Written by | Spencer Williams (writer) |
Produced by | (producer) |
Starring | See below |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Marching On! is a 1943 American race film directed and written by Spencer Williams. Sequences were filmed at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. The film was later rereleased with additional musical sequences under the title Where's My Man To-nite?.
Plot[]
The film focuses on a young African American who continues his family’s tradition of military service when he is drafted into the United States Army during World War II. Despite complications that arise during his basic training, including his jealousy following his girlfriend's flirtatious attention to his sergeant, the young soldier becomes a hero when he locates Japanese saboteurs operating a radio station outside of his military base.[1][2][3]
Cast[]
- as Rodney Tucker Jr.
- as Gramps Sam Tucker
- as Sgt. Robert L. Keene
- as Wash, soldier
- as Wimpy, soldier
- as Mrs. Ellen Tucker
- as Ginny
- as Rufus
- John Hemmings as Rodney Tucker Sr.
- as Martha Adams
References[]
External links[]
- Marching On at IMDb
- Marching On! is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Categories:
- 1943 films
- English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- American films
- Films directed by Spencer Williams
- Race films
- World War II films made in wartime
- American drama films
- 1943 drama films
- 1940s drama film stubs