The read
Scores higher than 91% of the 57 1940s action movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy fire. The men try to rebuff another series of Nazi attacks, but what they really need is a change in the weather. Without clear skies, they'll never get the air support they need.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes78%
107 audience votes
Key crew
- William A. WellmanDirector
- Robert PiroshScreenplay
- Lennie HaytonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Van JohnsonHolley
- John HodiakJarvess
- Ricardo MontalbanRoderigues
- George Murphy'Pop' Stazak
- Marshall ThompsonJim Layton
- Jerome CourtlandAbner Spudler
- Don TaylorStandiferd
- Bruce CowlingWolowicz
- James WhitmoreKinnie
- Douglas Fowley'Kipp' Kippton
- Leon AmesThe Chaplain
- Herbert AndersonHansan
