| Release Date: | Jun 1945 |
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| Genres: | Biography / Drama / War |
| Awards: | Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 1 win |
| Runtime: | 108 min |
| Cast: | Burgess Meredith (Ernie Pyle / Narrator (voice)), Robert Mitchum (Lt. / Capt. Bill Walker), Freddie Steele (Sgt. Steve Warnicki) Wally Cassell (Pvt. Dondaro) Jimmy Lloyd (Pvt. Spencer) John R. Reilly (Pvt. Robert 'Wingless' Murphy) William Murphy (Pv. Mew (as Bill Murphy)) Sicily and Italy Combat Veterans of the Campaigns in Africa (Themselves) Don Whitehead (Himself (A.P.)) George Lait (Himself (International News Service)) Chris Cunningham (Himself (U.P.)) Hal Boyle (Himself (A.P.)) Jack Foisie (Himself (Stars and Stripes)) Bob Landry (Himself (Life)) Lucien Hubbard (Himself (Readers Digest)) Clete Roberts (Himself (Blue Network)) Robert Reuben (Himself (Reuters)) William 'Billy' Benedict (Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)) Michael Browne (Sergeant (uncredited)) Bob Hope (Himself (voice on radio program)...) Yolanda Lacca (Amelia, Italian Girl (uncredited)) Tito Renaldo (Lopez (uncredited)) Dick Rich (Sergeant at showers (uncredited)) William Self (Pvt. Cookie Henderson (uncredited)) Nino Tempo (Begging Child (uncredited)) Dorothy Coonan Wellman (Nurse Lt. Elizabeth 'Red'...) |
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his readers back in the States. Later, he catches up with the unit in Italy and accompanies it through the battles of San Vittorio and Cassino. He learns from its commanding officer, Lt. (later Capt.) Bill Walker of the loneliness of command, and from the individual G.I.'s of the human capacity to survive drudgery, discomfort, and the terror of combat.
