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Audie Murphy plays the lead in this rare example of a dramatised film about an actor's life. Murphy was famous long before his first film. He was the most decorated American soldier of WWII, including the Medal of Honor among the 27 US decorations he recieved. Amid the bravery, director Jesse Hibbs works in a little light romance with an Italian girl as well as using some of Hollywood's best character actors to play the men Murphy fought alongside.

Keywords:

Action, Drama, War, Historical, Biopic, History, Religion, Based-on-True-Story, World War, Biographical, Biography, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, WWII, WW2, World War 2

Additional Information:

(1955) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Audie Murphy	.... Audie Murphy
Marshall Thompson	.... Johnson
Charles Drake	.... Brandon
Jack Kelly	.... Kerrigan
Gregg Palmer	.... Lt. Manning
Paul Picerni	.... Valentino

Supporting Cast:

David Janssen	.... Lt. Lee
Richard Castle	.... Kovak
Bruce Cowling	.... Capt. Marks
Paul Langton	.... Col. Howe
Art Aragon	.... Sanchez
Felix Noriego	.... Swope
Denver Pyle	.... Thompson
Brett Halsey	.... Saunders
Susan Kohner	.... Maria

Directors:

Jesse Hibbs

Writers:

Gil Doud
Audie Murphy