Baby Blue Marine

Baby Blue Marine is a 1976 Metrocolor film set during World War II that was directed by John D. Hancock. It stars JanMichael Vincent and Glynnis OConnor. The feature film was produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg, both of whom were better known for their television work. 1976 was also the year that OConnor appeared opposite John Travolta in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, a TV movie produced by Spelling and Goldberg.

Marion JanMichael Vincent, a Marine recruit during World War II is kicked out of the Corps and sent home in a blue fatigue uniform. As recruits sent their civilian clothes home or sold them, the Corps did not wish less than honorably discharged Marine recruits to wear a uniform they had not earned. In real life, the Marine Corps issued light blue uniforms used by Flying Cadets prior to Pearl Harbor hence the name Baby Blue Marine for a failed recruit.Marion meets a Marine Raider Richard Gere in his second big screen appearance a young, battlescarred war hero back from the Pacific who has aged beyond his years with prematurely gray hair. As the Raider doesnt wish to return to the war, he knocks out Marion and trades uniforms with him. ........

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