A Message to Garcia

original title:
A Message to Garcia
other titles:
(Botschaft an Garcia)
country / year of production:
USA / 1936
original length:
77 min. , black/white
premiere:
USA: 10 April 1936
genre:
adventure
based on:
Elbert Hubbard. A Message to Garcia. A preachment. New York: The Roycrofters, 1911.
director:
George Marshall
film script:
Gene Fowler , Sam Hellman
producer:
Darryl F. Zanuck
cinematographer:
Rudolph Maté
editor:
Herbert Levy
composer:
Louis Silvers
cast (role):
Wallace Beery (Sgt. Dory) , Barbara Stanwyck (Raphaelita Maderos) , John Boles (Lt. Andrew Rowan) , Alan Hale (Dr. Ivan Krug) , Herbert Mundin (Henry Piper) , Wallace Beery , Barbara Stanwyck , John Boles , Alan Hale , Herbert Mundin
more:
plot synopsis:
Lieutenant Andrew Rowan has to deliver a message from American President Mckinley to the Cuban rebel General Garcia, asking for help in the Spanish-American War. On his way through the Cuban jungle he has to conquer many obstacles.
keywords:
espionage , suicide squad / mission , jungle , behind enemy lines , based on a true story
war:
Spanish-American War (1898)
literature:
Javier Figuero, Carlos G. Santa Cecilia: La España del desastre. Barcelona: Plaza & Janés, 1997.
remarks:
In reality there were no problems for lieutenant Andrew S. Rowan delivering the message.
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