To the Shores of Tripoli
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| Directed by | H. Bruce Humberstone |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Written by | Steve Fisher (story) |
| Screenplay by | Lamar Trotti |
| Starring |
John Payne Maureen O'Hara Randolph Scott |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Cinematography |
Edward Cronjager Harry Jackson William V. Skall |
| Edited by | Allen McNeil |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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86 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.3 million (US rentals) |
To the Shores of Tripoli is a 1942 American Technicolor film starring John Payne, Maureen O'Hara and Randolph Scott. The film was directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck.
Titled after a lyric in the Marines' Hymn, which contains the phrase "... to the shores of Tripoli" (which is, itself, a reference to the Battle of Derne) the film is one of the last of the pre-Pearl Harbor service films. When the film was in post-production the Pearl Harbor attack occurred having the studio shoot a new ending where Payne re-enlists.
Wealthy Culver Military Academy drop-out and playboy Chris Winters (John Payne) enlists in the U.S. Marine Corps as a private where he meets his drill instructor Gunnery Sergeant Dixie Smith (Randolph Scott) and falls in love with a Navy nurse, Lieutenant Mary Carter (Maureen O'Hara). Smith is given a letter from Winters' father. Captain Christopher Winters (Minor Watson) writes Smith of his playboy son. Sgt. Smith served in World War I under the elder Winters (Minor Watson); Smith affectionately calls Winters "The Skipper". Chris Winters can not understand that Officers and Enlisted Men do not associate under the non-fraternization policy, even if the officer is a woman and the enlisted man is a male.
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