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Programme Information

Powerful and exciting World War Two propaganda action drama following US Marines as they make beach-heads into the Solomon Islands and drive back the Japanese.

Keywords:

Action, War, Historical, History, Based-on-Novel, World War, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, WWII, WW2, World War 2

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1943) (USA) (3 Star)

Cast:

Preston Foster	.... Father Donnelly
Lloyd Nolan	.... Gunnery Sgt. Hook Malone
William Bendix	.... Cpl. Aloysius T. 'Taxi' Potts
Richard Conte	.... Capt. Don Davis
Anthony Quinn	.... Pvt. Jesus 'Soose' Alvarez
Richard Jaeckel	.... Pvt. Johnny 'Chicken' Anderson

Supporting Cast:

Roy Roberts	.... Capt. James Cross
Minor Watson	.... Col. Wallace E. Grayson
Ralph Byrd	.... Ned Rowman
Lionel Stander	.... Sgt. Butch
Reed Hadley	.... War correspondent/Narrator
John Archer	.... Lt. Thurmond
Marion Carl	.... Marine pilot

Directors:

Lewis Seiler

Writers:

Richard Tregaskis
Lamar Trotti