The Real Glory
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| Directed by | Henry Hathaway |
| Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
| Screenplay by |
Jo Swerling Robert Presnell, Sr. |
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The Real Glory by Charles L. Clifford |
| Starring |
Gary Cooper David Niven Andrea Leeds Reginald Owen Broderick Crawford |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Cinematography | Rudolph Maté |
| Edited by | Daniel Mandell |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Real Glory is a 1939 Samuel Goldwyn Productions action film starring Gary Cooper, David Niven, and Broderick Crawford released by United Artists in the weeks immediately following Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland. Based on a 1937 novel of the same name by Charles L. Clifford and directed by Henry Hathaway, the film is set against the backdrop of the Moro Rebellion during the American occupation of the Philippines at the beginning of the twentieth century.
In 1906, Alipang (Tetsu Komai) and his Muslim Moro guerrillas are terrorizing the people of the Philippine island of Mindanao, raiding villages, killing the men, and carrying off the women and children for slaves. Instead of maintaining garrisons indefinitely to protect the Filipinos, the U.S. army tests out a new tactic at Fort Mysang. The army detachment is replaced by a handful of officers – Colonel Hatch (Roy Gordon), Captains Manning (Russell Hicks) and Hartley (Reginald Owen), and Lieutenants McCool (David Niven) and Larsen (Broderick Crawford) - who are to train the native Philippine Constabulary to take over the burden. Army doctor Lieutenant Canavan (Gary Cooper) is sent along to keep them healthy. They are welcomed by a skeptical Padre Rafael (Charles Waldron).
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