Released before the US had even been involved in the war for a year, this hard-hitting WWII action film drew its story from Richard Tregaskis's best-selling nonfiction book and superbly documents the first significant US counterattacks in the Pacific--the Marine invasion of the Solomon
Islands.
One group of Marines, a cross-section of Americans from all walks of life, is shown as they hit the beaches in August 1942. William Bendix plays a tough, dim-witted ex-cab driver with a heart of gold; Richard Conte a courageous officer; Preston Foster the company chaplain; Lionel Stander the
company clown; Lloyd Nolan the old pro sergeant who looks out for young recruits...
Released:
1943
Rated:
NR
Length:
93 mins