The Real Glory

The Real Glory is a 1939 Samuel Goldwyn Productions action film starring Gary Cooper, David Niven, and Broderick Crawford released by United Artists in the weeks immediately following Nazi Germanys invasion of Poland. Based on a 1937 novel of the same name by Charles L. Clifford and directed by Henry Hathaway, the film is set against the backdrop of the Moro Rebellion during the American occupation of the Philippines at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Alipang starts sending fanatical juramentados to assassinate the officers and goad them into attacking before the natives are fully trained. Hatch is the first victim, leaving Manning to take command. Mannings wife Kay Johnson and Hartleys daughter Linda Andrea Leeds arrive for a visit at the worst possible time a horrified Mrs. Manning witnesses her husbands murder. Hartley takes charge, but Canavan disagrees with his bythebook, overcautious approach. Disobeying orders, Canavan sets out for Alipangs camp guided by Miguel Benny Inocencio, a young Moro boy he has befriended. Mike as Canavan calls him infiltrates the camp and learns that Alipang has sent another assassin, this time for Hartley. Canavan and Mike intercept the man and take him back a prisoner.Linda and Canavan fall in love, much to the disappointment of McCool and Larsen. When Hartley insists she leave Mysang with Mrs. Manning, she refuses and helps out at the hospital. ........

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