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Mission accomplished! Errol Flynn, who brought boyish bravado to The Adventures of Robin Hood, Dodge City, Gentleman Jim and other screen yarns, turns in a mature, acclaimed performance as the leader of a paratrooper patrol stranded in Burma. It's "one of the few features of which I am proud," Flynn later said. There's reason for pride. "This is one of the finest World War II films made during the war," The Movie Guide says. "One of the best war movies," Guide for the Film Fanatic's Danny Peary wrote, "and among the grimmest." Raoul Walsh directs the hard-hitting action, shot in rugged California locations so similar to Burma that veterans of that campaign refused to believe the crew hadn't somehow sneaked into Asia.
Original Release
01/26/1945
US Release
01/26/1945
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Errol Flynn | Capt. Nelson |
James Brown | SSgt. Treacy |
William Prince | Lt. Sid Jacobs |
George Tobias | Cpl. Gabby Gordon |
Henry Hull | Mark Williams |
Warner Anderson | Col. J. Carter |
John Alvin | Hogan |
Mark Stevens | Lt. Barker |
Richard Erdman | Pvt. Nebraska Hooper |
Erville Alderson | Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell |
Directors
Writers
Ranald MacDougall, Lester Cole, Alvah Bessie
Cast
Name | Character |
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Errol Flynn | Capt. Nelson |
James Brown | SSgt. Treacy |
William Prince | Lt. Sid Jacobs |
George Tobias | Cpl. Gabby Gordon |
Henry Hull | Mark Williams |
Warner Anderson | Col. J. Carter |
John Alvin | Hogan |
Mark Stevens | Lt. Barker |
Richard Erdman | Pvt. Nebraska Hooper |
Erville Alderson | Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell |
Joel Allen | Cpl. Brophy - Radioman |
Gordon Arnold | Paratrooper |
Hugh Beaumont | Capt. Hennessey |
Lee Bennett | Paratrooper |
Carlyle Blackwell Jr. | Lt. Barker - Pilot |
Truman Bradley | Narrator - Opening Sequence / Narrator (voice) |
Kit Carson | Paratrooper |
Neil Carter | Paratrooper |
Anthony Caruso | Miggleori |
Tom Daly | Stilwell's Assistant |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
Jerry Wald | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1946 | Oscar | Best Writing, Original Story | Nominated |
1946 | Oscar | Best Film Editing | Nominated |
1946 | Oscar | Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Nominated |