What Price Glory

original title:
What Price Glory
country / year of production:
USA / 1952
original length:
111 min. , color
premiere:
22 August 1952
genre:
adventure
based on:
Maxwell Anderson, Laurence Stallings. Three American plays. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. 1926. 263 p.
director:
John Ford
film script:
Maxwell Anderson , Henry Ephron , Phoebe Ephron , Laurence Stallings
producer:
Sol C. Siegel
cinematographer:
Joseph MacDonald
editor:
Dorothy Spencer
composer:
Alfred Newman
cast (role):
James Cagney (Captain Flagg ) , Corinne Calvet (Charmaine) , Dan Dailey (1st Sergeant Quirt) , William Demarest (Corporal Kiper ) , Craig Hill (Lieutenant Aldrich) , James Cagney , Corinne Calvet , Dan Dailey , William Demarest , Craig Hill , Robert Wagner
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plot synopsis:
In 1918 France, Captain Flagg commands a disreputable company of Marines; his new top sergeant is his old friendly enemy, Quirt. The two men become rivals for the favors of fair innkeeper's daughter Charmaine, but the rivalry goes into reverse when Charmaine proves to be angling for a husband. When the company is ordered to the front, this comedy interlude gives way to the grim realities of war.
keywords:
remake , navy , women during wartime , comradeship
war:
First World War (1914-1918)
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availability:
VHS