The Leatherneck (1929)

War
Drama

A film about male bonding. At the end of WW I, two Americans befriend a simple minded German and win him over into becoming an American. All three are still peacetime officers in the US Marines when an unscrupulous character steals Boyd's girl and his two buddies go off to rescue her. When they don't come back, Boyd goes after them to rescue all. This is all done in flashback from a court martial trial for desertion.

Cast

William Calhoun
William Boyd
Otto Schmidt
Alan Hale
Court-Martial Officer (as Joseph Girard)
Joseph W. Girard
Court-Martial Officer
Philo McCullough
Court-Martial Officer
Lee Shumway
Court-Martial Officer
Lloyd Whitlock
Court-Martial Officer
Mitchell Lewis
Joseph Hanlon
Robert Armstrong
Heckla
Fred Kohler
Tanya
Diane Ellis
Tanya's Brother (as James Aldine)
J Jimmy Aldine
Petrovitch
Paul Weigel
Cook
Jules Cowles
Top Sergeant
Wade Boteler
Court-Martial Officer
Jack Richardson

Crew

Director
H Howard Higgin
Writer
E Elliott J. Clawson
Writer
J John W. Krafft