Battle Cry (1955)
Een brave kerel die graag op z'n gitaar tokkelt. Een rechttoe rechtaan Amerikaan. Een Navajo indiaan. Een boekenwurm. Een houthakker. Een jongen uit de sloppenwijken. In het trainingskamp voor mariniers zijn ze allemaal gelijk voor de wet en worden ze opgeleid tot geharde soldaten, bereid om gevolg te geven aan de Battle Cry, de strijdkreet, van hun land. Van 'boot camp' verhuizen ze naar een basis in Nieuw-Zeeland, waar ze de bloederige invasie van Saipan moeten voorbereiden en uitvoeren. Leon M. Uris bewerkte zijn eigen boek over de heldhaftigheid van de mariniers en de zelfopoffering aan het thuisfront tot een spannend scenario. Voor zijn verfilming kon de bekende regisseur Raoul Walsh een beroep doen op tal van befaamde sterren uit de jaren vijftig. Een sterke oorlogsfilm, waarin actie en romantiek elkaar perfect afwisselen.
Regiseur:
Raoul Walsh
Schrijver:
Leon Uris
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Van Heflin as Major Sam Huxley |
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Aldo Ray as Andy Hookens |
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Mona Freeman as Kathy |
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James Whitmore as MSgt. Mac |
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Nancy Olson as Mrs. Pat Rogers |
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Raymond Massey as Major General Snipes |
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Tab Hunter as Pvt Dan 'Danny' Forrester |
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Anne Francis as Rae |
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Dorothy Malone as Mrs Elaine Yarborough |
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Fess Parker as Pvt Speedy |
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Perry Lopez as Pvt Joe Gomez aka Spanish Joe |
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William Campbell as Pvt 'Ski" Wronski |
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Jonas Applegarth as Pvt Lightower |
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L.Q. Jones as Pvt. L.Q. Jones |
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Allyn Ann McLerie as Ruby - Waitress in Diner |
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John Lupton as Pvt./Cpl. Marion 'Sister Mary' Hotchkiss |
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Tommy Cook as Cpl. Ziltch - Huxley's orderly |
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Felix Noriego as Pvt. Crazy Horse - Navajo Phonetalker |
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Susan Morrow as Susan - Ski's girl |
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Carleton Young as Maj. Jim Wellman - Battalion Executive Officer |
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Rhys Williams as Enoch Rogers |
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Gregory Walcott as Sgt. Jim Beller - Drill Instructor |
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Frank Ferguson as Mr. Hector Walker |
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Sarah Selby as Mrs. Forrester |
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Willis Bouchey as Mr. Forrester |
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Lee Allen as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Roxanne Arlen as Blonde Girl (uncredited) |
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David Armstrong as Other Boy (uncredited) |
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Joan Arnold as Cheap Dame (uncredited) |
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John Ayres as Conductor (uncredited) |
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Rayford Barnes as Marine Aide on Command Ship Off Saipan (uncredited) |
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Paul Barry as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Hal Bokar as Marine (uncredited) |
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Budd Buster as Old Man (uncredited) |
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Chick Chandler as Capt. Chaplin (uncredited) |
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Dean Cromer as Watkins (uncredited) |
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Glen Denning as Seabags (uncredited) |
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Jack Downs as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Don Durant as Marine (uncredited) |
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Bess Flowers as Woman Seated at Table for Three (uncredited) |
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Sol Gorss as Bartender in Brawl (uncredited) |
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Paul Grant as Orderly (uncredited) |
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Fred Hanson as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Carl Harbaugh as New Zealander in Bar (uncredited) |
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Lumsden Hare as New Zealander in Bar (uncredited) |
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Chuck Hicks as Marine in Hospital (uncredited) |
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Clark Howat as Marine Colonel (uncredited) |
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Jack Jordan as Adm. Parks (uncredited) |
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Byron Keith as Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited) |
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Harold Knudsen as Bud Forrester (uncredited) |
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June McCall as Second Girl (uncredited) |
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Philo McCullough as Man in Bar (uncredited) |
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Victor Millan as Pvt. Pedro (uncredited) |
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Fay Morley as Third Girl (uncredited) |
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Jack Mower as Man in Bar (uncredited) |
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William H. O'Brien as Bartender (uncredited) |
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Eddie Parker as Bartender in Brawl (uncredited) |
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Hilda Plowright as Mrs. Rogers (uncredited) |
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Leoda Richards as Wedding Guest (uncredited) |
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Jack Rollens as News Hawk (uncredited) |
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George Selk as Old Man (uncredited) |
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Jack Shea as Baltimore Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited) |
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Charles Sherlock as New Zealander in Bar (uncredited) |
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Kay Stewart as Mrs. Martha Walker (uncredited) |
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Jack Stoney as Bartender in Brawl (uncredited) |
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Dale Van Sickel as Bartender in Brawl (uncredited) |
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Sailor Vincent as Bartender in Brawl (uncredited) |
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Ralph Volkie as Bartender (uncredited) |
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Tom Wilson as Arcade Proprietor (uncredited) |
| Writing | Leon Uris | Screenplay |
| Writing | Leon Uris | Novel |
| Directing | Raoul Walsh | Director |
| Art | William Wallace | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Max Steiner | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Raoul Walsh | Producer |
| Camera | Sidney Hickox | Director of Photography |
| Art | John Beckman | Art Direction |
| Editing | William H. Ziegler | Editor |
| Sound | Harold Fisher | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gordon Bau | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | John Prettyman | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Ralph Webb | Special Effects |
| Directing | William Kissell | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Russell Saunders | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Francis J. Scheid | Sound |
| Production | Jack L. Warner | Producer |
