Guadalcanal Diary

Lewis Seiler
1943-10-27

The Victory picture of the year !
5.6
93 min

Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.

Cast

Name Character Team
Preston Foster Father Donnelly Unowned
Lloyd Nolan Sgt. Hook Malone Unowned
William Bendix Corp. Taxi Potts Unowned
Richard Conte Capt. Davis Unowned
Anthony Quinn Jesus ('Soose') Alverez Unowned
Richard Jaeckel Pvt. Johnny ('Chicken') Anderson Unowned
Roy Roberts Capt. Jame Cross Unowned
Minor Watson Col Wallace E. Grayson Unowned
Ralph Byrd Ned Rowman Unowned
Lionel Stander Sgt. Butch Unowned
Reed Hadley War Correspondent/ Narrator Unowned
John Archer Lt. Thurmond Unowned
Eddie Acuff Pvt. Tex Mcllvoy (uncredited) Unowned
Warren Ashe Col. Morton (uncredited) Unowned
Martin Black Marine (uncredited) Unowned
Marion Carl Marine Pilot (uncredited) Unowned
Harry Carter Dispatch Officer (uncredited) Unowned
Tom Dawson Captain (uncredited) Unowned
Jason Evers Bit Role (uncredited) Unowned
Walter Fenner Col. Roper (uncredited) Unowned
Glenn Ford Marine Extra (uncredited) Unowned
Robert Ford Marine (uncredited) Unowned
Paul Fung Japanese Prisoner (uncredited) Unowned
Fred Graham Marine Listening to Baseball Game on Radio (uncredited) Unowned
Louis Hart Lieutenant (uncredited) Unowned
George Holmes Marine (uncredited) Unowned
Russell Hoyt Marine (uncredited) Unowned
Selmer Jackson Col. Thompson (uncredited) Unowned
Allen Jung Japanese Officer (uncredited) Unowned
Charles Lang Marine (uncredited) Unowned
Jack Luden Major (uncredited) Unowned
Miles Mander Weatherby (uncredited) Unowned
David Peters Marine (uncredited) Unowned
Bob Rose Sammy Kline (uncredited) Unowned
Larry Thompson Chaplain (uncredited) Unowned