Movies and TvShows featuring "american-legion" theme.

Randy 'The Ram' Robinson, a former professional wrestler in his 50s, must come to terms with retirement and his struggle to find purpose outside of the ring. As he deals with personal and health challenges, he attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter and find redemption in his past mistakes.

When Willie Comes Marching Home follows the story of a small-town trombone player, who, due to a case of mistaken identity, is hailed as a war hero. As he tries to navigate his newfound fame, hilarious situations ensue, leading to embarrassment, deception, and a fake marriage. Set during World War II, this comedy explores themes of patriotism, resistance movements, and the challenges of military life.

Former silent screen comic Harry Langdon earned above-title billing for the final time in his long career in this roughhewn but amusing World War II farce released by Poverty Row company PRC. Langdon and Charles "Buddy" Rogers are newspaper messengers helping reporter Ray Walker obtain an interview with journalist-hating inventor Richard Kipling. But before they know it, Harry and Buddy become unwittingly involved in plans to steal the professor's newest invention: a machine gun.

Boy who thought his father a war hero finds he was really a deserter.

Sons of The Legion is a film about a group of young men looking to start a squadron in their Legion Post. However, because the boy's father wrongfully received a dishonorable discharge after World War I, his father cannot join the Legion and in turn his son cannot join the squadron [wikipedia]

A 14-year-old boy lies about his age and enlists in the United State Marine Corps without his family's consent or knowledge. He is sent into battle in the Pacific war-zone, decorated, and spotted in a newsreel by his family. The family asks the War Department to discharge him and send him home.

Waterfront rivals George Darcy and Big Tim Ryan are both in love with Rose Kelly, and continue their feud when they join the Navy. After the war, they call a temporary truce to take on dope peddlers who are destroying their neighborhood.

A young man befriends the last surviving Civil War veteran, intending to rob him of $50,000.

Two factory owners, Hiram Maxwell and Nicholas Harding are almost polar opposites -- Maxwell pays careful attention to his employees needs, while Harding totally disregards them. Maxwell's son, Frank, is very much like his father, and he is engaged to Harding's daughter, Ethel, who, unfortunately, has some of her father's less appealing traits. Naturally, she's not thrilled when he goes to work amongst the laborers at her father's factory. One of the other workers is Ruth Kravo, and both Frank and Ivan Koyloff are attracted to her. One night when Frank calls on Ruth, Ivan jealously stabs him. The trouble this causes loses Ruth her job, but she goes to work as a secret service agent amongst her own people.

A father becomes suspicious of his son's political beliefs and activities, leading to an investigation that uncovers a dangerous plot. As the father grapples with his loyalty to his country and his love for his son, tensions rise and secrets are revealed.

Squadron of Honor takes place during an American Legion convention, with newsreel shots of the genuine article interspersed among the reenacted scene. A murder is committed, and young legionnaire Blane (Don Terry) wants to find out who's responsible. The cops are convinced that pacifistic munitions executive Metcalf (Thurston Hall) committed the crime, but in fact Metcalf has been framed by pro-war armaments manufacturer Kimball (Robert Warwick).

A collection of 15 home movies of the Bohulano family shot primarily in Stockton, California, spanning from the 1950s to the 1970s. Their collection documents the history of the Filipinx community (once the largest in the country) during a period of significant immigration, and records community events, family gatherings, trips to New York, Atlantic City, and Washington, DC, as well as the family's 1967 visit to the Philippines.