Les rivages de Tripoli

Original title: To the Shores of Tripoli

1942
Approved
1h 26m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

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Maureen O'Hara, Randolph Scott, and John Payne in Les rivages de Tripoli (1942)

Life at the Marine Training Base in San Diego on the eve of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Life at the Marine Training Base in San Diego on the eve of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.Life at the Marine Training Base in San Diego on the eve of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.Life at the Marine Training Base in San Diego on the eve of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

Mouthy
(as Henry Morgan)

Edmund MacDonald

Butch Burke

Russell Hicks

Maj. Wilson

Margaret Early

Susie

Minor Watson

Capt. Christopher Winters

Alan Hale Jr.

Tom Hall

Richard Lane

Lieutenant

Joseph Crehan

Uncle Bob
(scenes deleted)

John Hamilton

Gen. Gordon
(scenes deleted)

Iris Adrian

Okay's Girlfriend
(uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

Doctor
(uncredited)

Hugh Beaumont

Orderly
(uncredited)

Director
- H. Bruce Humberstone
Writers
- Lamar Trotti
- Steve Fisher
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Trivia
Maureen O'Haras' first film in Technicolor. She looked so good in it that she later earned the nickname "Queen of Technicolor".

Goofs
In several instances Chris Winters (John Payne) and Sgt. Smith (Randolph Scott) are shown flicking lit cigarettes away, or grinding them into the ground. This would never be allowed as Marines were taught to field strip cigarettes, spreading the ashes and tobacco and rolling the paper into a tiny ball.

Quotes
Sgt. Dixie Smith: Good morning, Roberts.
Corporal: Good morning, Sergeant. You're up kind of early.
Sgt. Dixie Smith: Yeah, I'm expecting a guest.
Corporal: Don't tell me Cagney's coming down here to glorify the Marines again.

Connections
Edited into La guerre, la musique, Hollywood et nous... (1976)

Soundtracks
I Know Why (and So Do You)
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played at the first dance and at various times throughout the picture

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Featured review

8/10

Underrated flag-waiver, and O'Hara is gorgeous!

This plot of this film- selfish rich boy joins the armed forces and by turns is converted into a red-blooded selfless team player- is often called cliche'. However, you have to bear in mind that it wasn't at the time it was made; It was one of the genre of plots that became cliche' latter (In fact, it is basically a color remake of "I Wanted Wings"...a much better film IMHO... substituting the Marines for the Air Corps.)

But what it does have is a great cast, great production values and the distinction of the first pairing the lovely Maureen O'Hara, stunning in beautiful early Technicolor, and John Payne. Arguably this is one of the great, if minor, pairings of the 40's ("Sentimental Journey", "Miracle on 34th Street", etc.) that culminated in a return to the Marine/Tripoli theme: In 1950 the pair would almost single-handedly capture the city in "Tripoli".

Is it great cinema? Nah...but it's a fun picture to watch for buffs.