Salute to the Marines (1943)

It is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese invade the Philippines, leads a heroic defense, first by strangling a Nazi agent, and then dying in his dress blues uniform while blowing up a bridge.

Directed by: S. Sylvan Simon

Starring: Wallace Beery, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, Ray Collins, Keye Luke, Marilyn Maxwell

Links: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, IMDb, Movie posters, Movie stills