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Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.
Keywords
war correspondent
world war ii
jungle warfare
guadalcanal
pacific theater
Casts
Preston Foster
Father Donnelly
Lloyd Nolan
Sgt. Hook Malone
William Bendix
Corp. Taxi Potts
Richard Conte
Capt. Davis
Anthony Quinn
Jesus ('Soose') Alverez
Richard Jaeckel
Pvt. Johnny ('Chicken') Anderson
Roy Roberts
Capt. Jame Cross
Minor Watson
Col Wallace E. Grayson
Ralph Byrd
Ned Rowman
Lionel Stander
Sgt. Butch
Reed Hadley
War Correspondent/ Narrator
John Archer
Lt. Thurmond
Eddie Acuff
Pvt. Tex Mcllvoy (uncredited)
Warren Ashe
Col. Morton (uncredited)
Marion Carl
Marine Pilot (uncredited)
Harry Carter
Dispatch Officer (uncredited)
Tom Dawson
Captain (uncredited)
Jason Evers
Bit Role (uncredited)
Walter Fenner
Col. Roper (uncredited)
Glenn Ford
Marine Extra (uncredited)
Robert Ford
Marine (uncredited)
Paul Fung
Japanese Prisoner (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Marine Listening to Baseball Game on Radio (uncredited)
Louis Hart
Lieutenant (uncredited)
George Holmes
Marine (uncredited)
Russell Hoyt
Marine (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Col. Thompson (uncredited)
Allen Jung
Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Charles Lang
Marine (uncredited)
Jack Luden
Major (uncredited)
Miles Mander
Weatherby (uncredited)
David Peters
Marine (uncredited)
Bob Rose
Sammy Kline (uncredited)
Larry Thompson
Chaplain (uncredited)
Crews
Richard Tregaskis
Novel
David Buttolph
Original Music Composer
Jerome Cady
Adaptation
Lewis Seiler
Director
Lamar Trotti
Screenplay
Fred Allen
Editor
Bryan Foy
Producer
James Basevi
Art Direction
Islin Auster
Producer
Charles G. Clarke
Cinematography
Leland Fuller
Art Direction
Backdrops & Posters
