Por el valle de las sombras (1944)
BélicaAventuraDramaAcciónRomance
El Doctor Corydon M. Wassell, un médico rural, viajó a China tras ver una foto de Madeleine, un bella enfermera. Cuando estalla la Segunda Guerra Mundial se incorpora al ejército, en el cuerpo médico de la marina de los EEUU, que combate duramente a los japoneses en el Pacífico. En marzo de 1942 es destinado a Tjilatjap, en la isla de Java, coincidiendo con la batalla del estrecho de Maccasar. Allí se hará cargo de un grupo de soldados heridos a los que se les impide embarcarse con rumbo a casa.
Directora:
Cecil B. DeMille
Escritores:
Alan Le May, Charles Bennett.
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Gary Cooper as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell |
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Laraine Day as Madeleine |
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Signe Hasso as Bettina |
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Dennis O'Keefe as Benjamin 'Hoppy' Hopkins |
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Carol Thurston as Tremartini (Three Martini) |
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Carl Esmond as Lt. Dirk Van Daal |
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Paul Kelly as Murdock |
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Elliott Reid as William 'Andy' Anderson |
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Laurette Luez as Pretty Javanese Girl |
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Stanley Ridges as Cmdr. William B. 'Bill' Goggins |
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Renny McEvoy as Johnny Leeweather |
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Oliver Thorndike as Alabam |
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Philip Ahn as Ping |
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Barbara Britton as Ruth |
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William Severn as Little English Boy (uncredited) |
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Richard Loo as Chinese Doctor on Train (uncredited) |
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Douglas Fowley as Bit Part (uncredited) |
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Ann Doran as Praying Woman (uncredited) |
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Yvonne De Carlo as Native Girl (uncredited) |
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Cecil B. DeMille as Voice of Narrator (uncredited) |
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Irving Bacon as Missionary (uncredited) |
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Milton Kibbee as 'Janssen' Passenger (uncredited) |
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Gavin Muir as Dutch Military Messenger (uncredited) |
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Jack Norton as 'Janssen' Passenger (uncredited) |
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Philip Van Zandt as Dutch Gunner (uncredited) |
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Amzie Strickland as Native Woman (uncredited) |
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George Macready as Dutch Army Captain (uncredited) |
| Directing | Cecil B. DeMille | Director |
| Camera | William E. Snyder | Director of Photography |
| Production | Buddy G. DeSylva | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Corydon M. Wassell | Story |
| Writing | James Hilton | Story |
| Art | Roland Anderson | Art Direction |
| Writing | Alan Le May | Screenplay |
| Camera | Victor Milner | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Charles Bennett | Screenplay |
| Sound | Victor Young | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Cecil B. DeMille | Producer |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natalie Visart | Costume Design |
| Editing | Anne Bauchens | Editor |
| Art | George Sawley | Set Decoration |
| Production | Sidney Biddell | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Glen E. Richardson | Still Photographer |
| Crew | George Dutton | Special Sound Effects |