---
title: 'A Message to Garcia (1936)'
type: 'film'
director: 'George Marshall'
released: '1936-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 77
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-message-to-garcia-1936'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027959/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Message to Garcia (1936)

1936 · 77 min · Drama, War · United States


## Synopsis

A Message to Garcia is a 1936 American adventure spy film directed by George Marshall and starring Wallace Beery, Barbara Stanwyck and John Boles. The film is inspired by the 1899 essay "A Message to Garcia" by Elbert Hubbard, loosely based on an incident during the ramp up to the Spanish–American War. The essay had previously been made into a 1916 silent film of the same name. In the story, U.S. Army Lieutenant Rowan, under cover, carries a secret message from President McKinley to General García, the leader of a rebellion against Spanish rule on the island of Cuba.

## Credits

- **Director:** [George Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-marshall)
- **Screenplay:** [Gladys Lehman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gladys-lehman), [W. P. Lipscomb](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-p-lipscomb), [Gene Fowler](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-fowler), [Sam Hellman](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-hellman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Louis Silvers](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-silvers)
- **Producer:** [Darryl F. Zanuck](https://cinepixo.com/people/darryl-f-zanuck)
- **Director of Photography:** [Rudolph Maté](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolph-mate)
- **Editor:** [Herbert I. Leeds](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-i-leeds)

## Cast

- [John Carradine](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carradine)
- [Barbara Stanwyck](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-stanwyck)
- [Alan Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-hale)
- [Warren Hymer](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-hymer)
- [George Irving](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-irving)
- [Wallace Beery](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-beery)
- [Herbert Mundin](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-mundin)
- [John Boles](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-boles)
- [Mona Barrie](https://cinepixo.com/people/mona-barrie)
- [Juan Torena](https://cinepixo.com/people/juan-torena)

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