5/5 To The Shores of Tripoli
  by Railroad man (Marysville Washington)
Just a great movie but you had to have been in the corp or the armed forces to appreciate it. Even if you haven't though It's still an enjoyable flick.
The Railroad Man

4/5 Hokey - yes, but I like it.
  by D. S. Wymore (Catskill Mountains, NY)
Okay, Okay - by modern standards, this film is very hokey. A real flag-waver that gets cheesier as it progresses. But I love the on-screen combination and chemistry of Maureen O'Hara and John Payne. Their first of 4 films together, this movie was actually being film when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The script and ending were quickly changed to reflect the headlines and the sentiment of the day. The film was rushed in to theaters within a few months of completion and became a big poster for enlistment.
Most modern audiences know Payne and O'Hara from the Christmas classic, "Miracle on 34th Street", which is their third pairing. Their second ("Sentimental Journey" ) and forth ("Tripoli", a Paramount release) are not available on either VHS or DVD - what a shame.

3/5 It Doesn't Do What It Says On The Tin.
  by A. Cadwallender (Manchester, England.)
GREAT! A war film starring Randolph Scott and John Payne - well, er, no, actually. If they made this movie today it would probably be described as a romantic comedy, and the only fighting is between the Marines themselves and between John Payne and Maureen O'Hara. In fact, the film ends at the point where America enters the War, and the errant John Payne rejoins his unit.

If you like Rom-Coms then this is a very enjoyable little piece, but personally, as a kid growing up watching old movies on tv, I grew tired of movie titles that suggested one thing but gave another. "Tell It To The Marines" would probably have been more appropriate (is there such a movie?).

At least my copy is in glorious Technicolour.

1/5 I Wanted and Paid for TECHNICOLOR --- [surprise]....I got Black & White instead!!
  by Christopher E. Sarno (Boston, Massachusetts United States)
What a huge disappointment from 20th Century-Fox studios...I saw this movie since 1942...hundreds of times in vivid, vibrant and primary TECHNICOLOR...I loved it; hell, I even joined the US Marines...the dust/jacket claims the DVD is in Technicolor in three [3] different places..."FLASH"...it's in Black & White, my man...all of the reviews [below] depict the screen/play one way or the other [to each his/her own]...I was hoping with anticipated joy to see this DVD in glorious TECHNICOLOR...what a low/letdown by 20th Century-Fox Public Relations Dept...anything for a buck in this generation!!...alas; one vivid scene that hallmarks this movie is the dress blues graduation day, it seems the USMC , by design, compiled a slew of silver tubers assembled with an abundance of other field music Marines to give out with the martial strains of the, "Marines Hymn"...you will never hear a huge Marine Band of this size ever sound-off like this ever again...it is a unique rendition and sound [non pareil]...you are in for a singular treat...dress blues on parade with the big Marine field music ensemble...as for the picture, I loved it and this Marine Corps movie in 1942 stand alone for the reason why so many joined up resulting in a huge/record surge of volunteer enlistments into the Corps to war vs Japan... my joy would have been 10 fold if I received the Technicolor DVD as black and white doesn't measure up at all. Semper Fi, Mac....SSGT CHRIS SARNO-USMC FMF

3/5 What are the other reviewers talking about????
  by Gary A. Smith (Los Angeles, ca USA)
I just bought the DVD of this title and mine is in breathtaking Technicolor. Was this a problem that was corrected or did the other reviewers have the color turned off on their TV sets?