The Bugle Sounds
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Directed by	S. Sylvan Simon
Screenplay by	Cyril 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
Country	United 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.

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.

• List of American films of 1942

The other six Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main films:

• Wyoming (1940)
• Barnacle Bill (1941)
• Jackass Mail (1942)
• Rationing (1944)
• Bad Bascomb (1946)
• Big Jack (1949)

• The Bugle Sounds at IMDb
• The Bugle Sounds at the TCM Movie Database
• The Bugle Sounds at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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