A Walk in the Sun

original title:
A Walk in the Sun
other titles:
Salerno Beachhead, (Landung in Salerno)
country / year of production:
USA / 1945
original length:
117 min. , black/white
premiere:
25 December 1945
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Harry Brown. A Walk in the Sun. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1944.
director:
Lewis Milestone
film script:
Harry Brown , Robert Rossen
producer:
Lewis Milestone , Samuel Bronston
cinematographer:
Russell Harlan
editor:
composer:
Millard Lampell , Freddie Rich , Earl Robinson
cast (role):
Dana Andrews (Sergeant Tyne) , Richard Conte (Pvt. Rivera) , George Tyne (Pvt. Friedman) , John Ireland (Pvt. Windy Craven) , Lloyd Bridges (Sergeant Ward) , Dana Andrews , Matt Willis , Steve Brodie , George Offerman , James Cardwell , Huntz Hall , Richard Benedict , Herbert Rudley , Norman Lloyd , Sterling Holloway , Lloyd Bridges , John Ireland , George Tyne , Richard Conte , Chris Drake
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plot synopsis:
After the landing of American troops on the Italian coast in 1943, a platoon is assigned to storm a farm occupied by German soldiers.
keywords:
infantry
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
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