Guadalcanal Diary
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Guadalcanal Diary

Year:
Duration:
93 min
Genres:
Drama | War
IMDB rate:
6.9
Director:
Lewis Seiler
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1943-10-27
Filming Locations: Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, Oceanside, California, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Preston Foster
Father Donnelly
Lloyd Nolan
Sgt. Hook Malone
William Bendix
Corp. Taxi Potts
Richard Conte
Capt. Davis
Anthony Quinn
Jesus ('Soose') Alvarez
Richard Jaeckel
Pvt. Johnny ('Chicken') Anderson
Roy Roberts
Capt. James Cross
Minor Watson
Col. Wallace E. Grayson
Ralph Byrd
Ned Rowman
Lionel Stander
Sgt. Butch
Reed Hadley
War correspondent / Narrator
John Archer
Lt. Thurmond
Eddie Acuff
Pvt. Tex Mcllvoy (uncredited)
Warren Ashe
Col. Morton (uncredited)
Martin Black
Marine (uncredited)
Marion Carl
Marine Pilot (uncredited)
Harry Carter
Dispatch Officer (uncredited)
Tom Dawson
Captain (uncredited)
Jason Evers
Bit Role (uncredited)
Walter Fenner
Col. Roper (uncredited)
Robert Ford
Marine (uncredited)
Paul Fung
Japanese Prisoner (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Marine Listening to Baseball Game on Radio (uncredited)
Louis Hart
Lieutenant (uncredited)
George Holmes
Marine (uncredited)
Russell Hoyt
Marine (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Col. Thompson (uncredited)
Allen Jung
Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Charles Lang
Marine (uncredited)
Jack Luden
Major (uncredited)
Miles Mander
Weatherby (uncredited)
David Peters
Marine (uncredited)
Bob Rose
Sammy Kline (uncredited)
Larry Thompson
Chaplain (uncredited)
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Trivia
Guadalcanal is situated in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean, north-east of Australia. Its local name is Isatabu and contains the country's capital, Honiara. The island is humid and mostly made up of jungle with a surface area of 2,510 square miles or 6,500-km². Guadacanal was named after Pedro de Ortega's home town Guadacanal in Andalusia, Spain. de Ortega worked under Álvaro de Mendaña who charted the island in 1568.
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The extras were real Marines. Some were from the Amphibious Tank unit that went ashore on Guam and Iwo Jima.
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Movie accurately shows the Marines armed with bolt action rifles. While Garand rifles were available, they were just not available in numbers to issue to the Marines before setting sail.
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Goofs
When Japanese snipers hid in the tops of trees they tied themselves into their positions. They did not fall out of the trees when shot.
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In several scenes, Japanese soldiers are seen firing U.S.-made and -issued Thompson .45-cal. submachine guns, identical to the one carried by Sgt. Hook Malone. In one scene, a Japanese machine gun nest is firing a Thompson mounted on a tripod to make it appear as a light machine gun.
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Japanese Type 97 grenades were primed by pulling the pin first and then hitting the striker hard against something hard (A rock or a helmet) to ignite the primer before throwing. During the battle at the cliffs, a Japanese soldier pulls the pin in a grenade and tosses it immediately without striking the pin.
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Quotes
Cpl. Aloysius T. 'Taxi' Potts: Hey, Butch. Ya got a cigarette?
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Cpl. Aloysius T. 'Taxi' Potts: As soon as our planes get here they'll be sorry. They won't look so pretty!
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Cpl. Aloysius T. 'Taxi' Potts: [In dugout waiting out a heavy artillery barrage] I don't mind the one with my name on it. It's the one that says, 'To whom it may concern' that I don't like.
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Photos from cast
Glenn Ford
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