The Bugle Sounds

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The Bugle Sounds
The Bugle Sounds poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Screenplay byCyril Hume
Story by Lawrence Kimble
Cyril Hume
Produced by J. Walter Ruben
Starring Wallace Beery
Marjorie Main
Lewis Stone
George Bancroft
Henry O'Neill
Donna Reed
Chill Wills
Cinematography Clyde De Vinna
Edited by Ben Lewis
Music by Lennie Hayton
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • January 13, 1942 (1942-01-13)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English
Box office$1.2 million (US rentals) [1]

The Bugle Sounds is a 1942 American World War II movie starring Wallace Beery as a cavalry sergeant resistant to replacing horses with tanks. The supporting cast includes Marjorie Main, Lewis Stone, George Bancroft, Donna Reed, and Chill Wills, and the film was directed by S. Sylvan Simon.

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Plot

In 1941, Colonel Lawton of the 19th Cavalry Regiment has to convert his unit from horses to light tanks. First Sergeant Patrick Aloysius 'Hap' Doan who has nearly 30 years in the US Cavalry with service in the Mexican Border Campaign and World War I has a hard time with the adjustments. The regiment is also to take in its first draftees. In the meantime saboteurs are attempting to destroy the tanks.

Cast

See also

The other six Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main films:

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