A Medal for Benny (1945)

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Written by Frank Butler, John Steinbeck

Directed by Irving Pichel

Running Time: 120 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1945

Rating: PG Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Black and White

Local troublemaker Benny is given a hero's send-off by his two-faced home town after being killed in action. But his dad and ex-girlfriend aren't buying into the cheap charade. John Steinbeck co-wrote the Oscar-nominated script from his own satirical story

When is A Medal for Benny next on TV?

In the UK... it's next showing on Sky Movies Classics Today, 12:55pm and on Sky Movies Classics November 27th, 4:10pm. See more...

Cast

Dorothy LamourLolita Sierra
Arturo de CórdovaJoe Morales
J. Carrol NaishCharley Martin
Mikhail RasumnyRaphael Catalina
Fernando AlvaradoChito Sierra
Frank McHughEdgar Lovekin
Rosita MorenoToodles Castro
Grant MitchellMayor of Pantera
Douglass DumbrilleGeneral

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