The Real Glory

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Haunted by H THE REAL GLORY is one of Gary Cooper's better action-adventure movies. Although set on a Philippine Island, its plot construction resembles a Western with its storyline centering around a quiet, peaceful village terrorized by a band of guerilla fighters. Gary Cooper, David Niven, and Broderick Crawford are the few American military personnel sent to protect the village. Thanks to its island jungle location, THE REAL GLORY has an Indiana Jones look and feel to it, thanks to Cooper's All-American bravado, his academic knowledge, his skepticism of hoodoo, and his ability to escape danger at the last minute. THE REAL GLORY also has moments of violence and exotic gruesomeness, although its gruesomeness is honed in by the Hayes Production Code. Although David Niven and Broderick Crawford have supporting roles, this isn't a buddy film like GUNGA DIN or BEAU GESTE. This is a Gary Cooper movie. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/06/24 Full Review Steve D The story is fine but Leeds is wasted. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/11/24 Full Review paul d Gary Cooper is very, very good playing a kind, intellectual adventure hero, a variation of the character he incarnated in his greatest roles. He's got a little bit of Frank Capra's social conscientiousness and a little bit of the bravura of Indiana Jones. The movie depicts a distant Philippine outpost of the US Army in 1906 whose job it is to prepare the local militia, in this majority Catholic country, from attacks by the minority Muslim Moros. Religious zealotry, traditions and superstitions play important roles in the plot. There is lots of derring-do and other movie clichés befitting a traditional colonial adventure and military film of the 1930s, and those are a bit hard to take in 2021, but at least it has good and believable production values befitting such films. Broderick Crawford and David Niven bring life to the screen. One curiosity for movie historians: why does this American film about the US Army have so many British actors ? Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Military period piece, which pretty much follows a 'western' narrative in its Philippine setting. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Not in the same league as 'Beau Geste' or 'Gunga Din' (films which this somewhat resembles) but it's got great atmosphere and Gary Cooper is mesmerising. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Exciting and powerful adventure film from Samuel Goldwyn. Gary Cooper is perfectly cast, with David Niven in a good supporting role. The film raises many interesting questions about occupying a foreign territory and dealing with consequences of terrorism as a result. But overall, it's not too heavy a film, and is memorable for it's action sequences such as the rafting scene. Hathaway delivers another exciting adventure yarn in the tradition of his 1935 "Lives of a Bengal Lancer". Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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