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Halls of Montezuma Overview:

Halls of Montezuma (1950) was a War - Adventure Film directed by Lewis Milestone and produced by Robert Bassler.

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Sgt. Randolph Johnson: Wasn't there a comment by your General Sherman about war?
Lt. Butterfield: Yeah, he said, "War is Hell." What did he know, that eight-ball never left the States.
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Halls of Montezuma Facts
20th Century-Fox studio publicity announced that this was the movie debut of Robert Wagner (as Private Coffman in this film). However, Wagner had previously appeared in debut but uncredited as Cleaves Catcher Adams in The Happy Years. Nonetheless, this movie, Halls of Montezuma, still represents Wagner's credited movie debut.
The meaning and relevance of this movie's title Halls of Montezuma is that it represents the first line of the official hymn of the United States Marine Corps which is known as the Marine's Hymn. This song is the oldest official song in the United States military. The first few lines go like this: "From the Halls of Montezuma,To the shores of Tripoli;We fight our country's battlesIn the air, on land, and sea;First to fight for right and freedomAnd to keep our honor clean;We are proud to claim the titleOf United States Marine." The second line, To the Shores of Tripoli is also an American military movie as well.
This movie was utilized as a recruitment film for the US Marine Corps under the cooperation with the Twentieth Century-Fox studio.
This movie was made with the extensive cooperation of the United States Marines Corp.
The landing craft are coming out of the USS Sedgwick County (LST-1123), which saw action in WW2, Korea, and Viet Nam.
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