We're in the Legion Now!
We're in the Legion Now | |
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Directed by | Crane Wilbur |
Written by | (story "The Rest Cure") (screenplay) Crane Wilbur (additional dialogue) |
Produced by | George A. Hirliman (producer) Charles J. Hunt (associate producer) (associate producer) |
Starring | See below |
Cinematography | Mack Stengler |
Edited by | |
Distributed by | Grand National Films Inc. |
Release date |
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Running time | 56 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
We're in the Legion Now is a 1936 American adventure comedy film directed by Crane Wilbur and shot in Magnacolor. The film is also known as The Rest Cure (American reissue title), which was the title of the 1934 original J.D. Newsom story the film was based on.[1][2]
Plot[]
Two petty criminals are pursued by a gangster from the United States to Paris, France, where they enlist into the French Foreign Legion to escape. After being drafted to a garrison in North Africa, they fall foul of military authority and are sent to a sadistic punishment camp, where they lead an insurrection against its commanding officer, and then help to defeat a native Mohammedan revolt.
Cast[]
- Reginald Denny as Dan Linton
- Esther Ralston as Louise Rillette
- Vince Barnett as Spike Conover
- Eleanor Hunt as Honey Evans
- Claudia Dell as Yvonne Cartier
- Robert Frazer as Capt. Henri Rillette
- Rudolph Anders as Sgt. Groeber
- as Abdul Ben-Abou
- Merrill McCormick as Ali
- as Adjutant Cartellini
- as Military Prisoner
- as Recruit Ringleader
- as Al Petrelli, American Gangster
References[]
External links[]
- We're in the Legion Now at IMDb
- We're in the Legion Now! is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Categories:
- 1936 films
- English-language films
- 1930s color films
- American films
- 1930s adventure comedy films
- Films about the French Foreign Legion
- Grand National Films films
- Cinecolor films
- American adventure comedy films
- Films set in Africa
- Films set in deserts
- American multilingual films
- Films based on short fiction
- Films directed by Crane Wilbur
- 1936 multilingual films
- 1936 comedy films
- 1930s comedy film stubs