| Battleground | |||||
| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1949) | |||||
| Drama, War, Action, History | |||||
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#289 |
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| Van Johnson | Holley | |
| John Hodiak | Jarvess | |
| Ricardo Montalban | Roderigues | |
| George Murphy | 'Pop' Stazak | |
| Marshall Thompson | Jim Layton | |
| Jerome Courtland | Abner Spudler | |
| Don Taylor | Standiferd | |
| Bruce Cowling | Wolowicz | |
| James Whitmore | Kinnie | |
| Douglas Fowley | 'Kipp' Kippton | |
| Leon Ames | The Chaplain | |
| Herbert Anderson | Hansan | |
| Thomas E. Breen | Doc | |
| Denise Darcel | Denise | |
| Richard Jaeckel | Bettis |
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| Producer | Robert Pirosh
Dore Schary |
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| Writer | Robert Pirosh
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| Cinematography | Paul Vogel
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| Musician | Lennie Hayton
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The film concentrates on the camaraderie and the divisions between the troops as they ready for the big offensive. Told in a taut narrative, the men of the 101st, led by Van Johnson, wait out the winter in the Ardennes forest to confront the German army in what would be the last major offensive of World War II. The men are demoralized and trapped, with no hope of support from the Allies. |
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