Salute is a 1929 drama film directed by John Ford and starring George O'Brien, Helen Chandler, William Janney, Stepin Fetchit, Frank Albertson and Ward Bond. It is about the football rivalry of the Army–Navy Game, and two brothers, played by O'Brien and Janney, one of West Point, the other of Annapolis. John Wayne had an uncredited role in the film, as one of three midshipmen who perform a mild hazing.
The film was partly filmed on location at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
Plot
Cast
George O'Brien as Cadet John Randall
Helen Chandler as Nancy Wayne
William Janney as Midshipman Paul Randall
Stepin Fetchit as Smoke Screen
Frank Albertson as Midshipman Albert Edward Price
Ward Bond as Midshipman Harold
John Wayne as (uncredited) Midshipman Bill
Joyce Compton as Marian Wilson
See also
John Wayne filmography
List of American football films
List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)