THEY FOUGHT BEST WHEN IT WAS HOPELESS!
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117 min
It's 1943 and the allied landings in and around the town of Salerno,Italy are underway.A platoon from the U.S 36th Infantry Division is tasked with advancing 6 miles inland to blow a bridge before clearing a nearby farmhouse, with the hope of blocking an expected counter attack on the Division's bridgehead.
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Dana Andrews | Sgt. Bill Tyne | Unowned |
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Richard Conte | Pvt. Rivera | Unowned |
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George Tyne | Pvt. Jake Friedman | Unowned |
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John Ireland | Pfc. Windy Craven | Unowned |
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Lloyd Bridges | Sgt. Ward | Unowned |
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Sterling Holloway | McWilliams | Unowned |
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Norman Lloyd | Pvt. Archimbeau | Unowned |
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Herbert Rudley | Sgt. Eddie Porter | Unowned |
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Richard Benedict | Pvt. Tranella | Unowned |
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Huntz Hall | Pvt. Carraway | Unowned |
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James Cardwell | Sgt. Hoskins | Unowned |
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George Offerman, Jr. | Pvt. Tinker | Unowned |
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Steve Brodie | Pvt. Judson | Unowned |
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Matt Willis | Sgt. Pete Halverson | Unowned |
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Chris Drake | Rankin | Unowned |
| Alvin Hammer | Johnson | Unowned | |
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Victor Cutler | Cousins | Unowned |
| Jay Norris | James | Unowned | |
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John Kellogg | Riddle | Unowned |
| Fred Carpenter | Unowned | ||
| Tony Dante | Unowned | ||
| Danny Desmond | Unowned | ||
| Ray Elder | Unowned | ||
| Jack Ellis | Unowned | ||
| Richard Elmore | Unowned | ||
| Bennett Green | Unowned | ||
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Robert Horton | Jack (uncredited) | Unowned |
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John Laurenz | Unowned | |
| Billy Lord | Unowned | ||
| Robert Lowell | Unowned | ||
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Burgess Meredith | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Unowned |
| Ted O'Shea | Unowned | ||
| Foster H. Phinney | Unowned | ||
| Dan Quigg | Unowned | ||
| Joe Roach | Unowned | ||
| Jerome Root | Unowned | ||
| Jerry Sheldon | Unowned | ||
| Jack Sterling | Unowned | ||
| Don Summers | Unowned | ||
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George Turner | Unowned | |
| Henry Vroom | Unowned |