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Here Come the Marines (1952)

After Slip is drafted into the Marines, the rest of the gang volunteers so they can be with him. Sach discovers that the colonel knew his father and he is promoted. During a drill that he is putting the rest of the gang through, they find a soldier left for dead on the side of the road. Slip discovers a playing card next to the marine and traces it to Jolly Joe Johnson's gambling house. They suspect that the gambling house is cheating and set out to uncover the proof.

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Top billed cast

Leo GorceyTerence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Huntz HallHorace Debussy 'Sach' Jones Jr.
Hanley StaffordColonel Thomas F. Brown
David GorceyChuck
Benny BartlettButch
Gil StrattonJunior
Myrna DellLulu Mae
Paul MaxeyJolly Joe Johnson
Murray AlperCorporal Stacey
Arthur SpaceCaptain Miller

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