The Real Glory

The Real Glory

Directed by Henry Hathaway. 96 mins. (1939)

Gary Cooper – Dr. Bill Canavan

In the early 1900s Philippines, a determined American army doctor helps train and support a small constabulary force defending remote villages from insurgent raiders after U.S. troops withdraw from Mindanao.

Also starring David Niven, Andrea Leeds, Reginald Owen, and Broderick Crawford.

Set during the Moro Rebellion, the film was reissued in 1942 as A Yank in the Philippines but later withdrawn at the request of the U.S. Office of War Information, as the Moro people had become American allies during World War II.