Synopsis
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. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes81%
50 audience votes
Key crew
- Leopold AtlasScreenplay
- William A. WellmanDirector
- Guy EndoreScreenplay
- Philip StevensonScreenplay
Cast
- Burgess MeredithErnie Pyle
- Robert MitchumBill Walker
- Freddie SteeleSgt. Steve Warnicki
- Wally CassellPvt. Dondaro
- Jimmy LloydPvt. Spencer
- John R. ReillyPvt. Robert 'Wingless' Murphy
- William MurphyPrivate Mew
- Dorothy Coonan WellmanNurse Lt. Elizabeth 'Red' Murphy (uncredited)
- William BenedictPvt. Whitey (uncredited)
- Bob HopeBob Hope (Voice on Radio Program) (voice) (uncredited)
- Yolanda LaccaAmelia, Italian Girl (uncredited)
- Tito RenaldoLopez
