War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his readers back in the States. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.
Cast
Burgess Meredith
Ernie Pyle
Robert Mitchum
Bill Walker
Freddie Steele
Sgt. Steve Warnicki
Wally Cassell
Pvt. Dondaro
Jimmy Lloyd
Pvt. Spencer
John R. Reilly
Pvt. Robert 'Wingless' Murphy
William Murphy
Private Mew
Dorothy Coonan Wellman
Nurse Lt. Elizabeth 'Red' Murphy (uncredited)
William Benedict
Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)
Bob Hope
Bob Hope (Voice on Radio Program) (voice) (uncredited)
Yolanda Lacca
Amelia, Italian Girl (uncredited)
Tito Renaldo
Lopez
William Self
"Gawky" Henderson
Crew
William A. Wellman
Director
Philip Stevenson
Screenplay
Leopold Atlas
Screenplay
Guy Endore
Screenplay
Otho Lovering
Supervising Film Editor
Albrecht Joseph
Editor
Archie Stout
Director of Photography
Russell Metty
Director of Photography
Lester Cowan
Producer
David S. Hall
Associate Producer, Art Direction
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Edward Nelson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Joseph I. Kane
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jack Noyes
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Frank McWhorter
Sound Recordist
Harry Redmond Jr.
Special Effects
Louis Applebaum
Music Director
Edward G. Boyle
Set Decoration
Harvey Dwight
Location Manager
William McGarry
Production Manager
Ray Heinz
Production Manager
