
A true-life epic that revolves around an exclusive bataillon of the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, "Carlson's Raiders," whose assignment is to take control of a South Pacific island once possessed by the United States but now under Japanese command.
Cast

Randolph Scott
Colonel Thorwald

Alan Curtis
John Harbison

Noah Beery Jr.
Cpl. Kurt Richter

J. Carrol Naish
Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos

Sam Levene
Leo 'Transport' Andreof

Robert Mitchum
'Pig iron' Matthews

Louis Jean Heydt
Lt Roland Browning

David Bruce
Larry O'Ryan

Richard Lane
Capt. Dunphy

Walter Sande
McBride

Rod Cameron
Rube Tedrow

Grace McDonald
Kathleen Corrigan

Milburn Stone
Cmdr. Blake

Peter Coe
Kozzarowski
Harold Landon
Frankie Montana
Crew

Ray Enright
Director
Lucien Hubbard
Screenplay
W.S. LeFrançois
Story
Milton Carruth
Editor

Milton Krasner
Director of Photography
Fred Frank
Assistant Director
Walter Wanger
Producer

Frank Skinner
Original Music Composer
Joseph Hoffman
Additional Dialogue
A.J. Gilmore
Set Decoration
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Hans J. Salter
Conductor
John B. Goodman
Art Direction
Alexander Golitzen
Art Direction
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