Directed by:
Edward LudwigCinematography:
William BradfordComposer:
Walter ScharfCast:
John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley, Grant Withers, Paul Fix, Ben Welden, William Forrest, Addison Richards, Duncan Renaldo, Tom London (more)VOD (1)
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All-American hero John Wayne takes a crew of construction workers and turns them into one of WWII's toughest fighting forces in this action-packed war classic. After having convinced the Army brass to let his civilians bear arms, Wedge Donovan ( Wayne) whips his new troops into combat shape. But when he leads his unit in an all-out assault against the Japanese, Donovan is brought up on court-martial charges and must fight for his life on a new battlefield. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
John Wayne
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
El Dorado (1966)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Susan Hayward
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Beau Geste (1939)
Rawhide (1951)
Dennis O'Keefe
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Fury (1936)
William Frawley
USA
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Grant Withers
USA
Best movies:
Tycoon (1947)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
War of the Wildcats (1943)
Paul Fix
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Scarface (1932)
Ben Welden
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Big Sleep (1946)
A Song Is Born (1948)
William Forrest
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Band of Angels (1957)
Addison Richards
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Duncan Renaldo
Romania
Best movies:
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
Mission to Moscow (1943)
Tom London
USA
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Our Hospitality (1923)
Freaks (1932)
Robert J. Wilke
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
San Francisco (1936)
Larry Stewart
USA
Best movies:
The Deserter (1971)
War of the Wildcats (1943)
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
Charles Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Fury (1936)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
Forbes Murray
Canada
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Vertigo (1958)
Harold Miller
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Frank Marlowe
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Clarence Straight
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Spellbound (1945)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Terry Frost
USA
Best movies:
One Desire (1955)
Whispering Smith (1948)
The Baron of Arizona (1950)