During WWII, a platoon of American soldiers trudge through the Italian countryside in search of a bridge they have been ordered to blow up, encountering danger and destruction along the way.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Dana Andrews | ... | Sgt. Bill Tyne | |
| Richard Conte | ... | Pvt. Rivera | |
| George Tyne | ... | Pvt. Jake Friedman | |
| John Ireland | ... | Pfc. Windy Craven | |
| Lloyd Bridges | ... | Sgt. Ward | |
| Sterling Holloway | ... | McWilliams | |
| Norman Lloyd | ... | Pvt. Archimbeau | |
| Herbert Rudley | ... | Sgt. Eddie Porter | |
| Richard Benedict | ... | Pvt. Tranella | |
| Huntz Hall | ... | Pvt. Carraway | |
| James Cardwell | ... | Sgt. Hoskins | |
| George Offerman Jr. | ... | Pvt. Tinker | |
| Steve Brodie | ... | Pvt. Judson | |
| Matt Willis | ... | Sgt. Pete Halverson | |
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Chris Drake | ... | Rankin |
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In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to blow up a bridge next to a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount. Unusually realistic picture of war as long quiet stretches of talk, punctuated by sharp, random bursts of violent action whose relevance to the big picture is often unknown to the soldiers. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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national film registry | italy | reference to norman rockwell | mental breakdown | stone wall |Taglines:
THEY FOUGHT BEST WHEN IT WAS HOPELESS! (print ad for 1951 reissue "Salerno Beachhead" - all caps)Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
25 December 1945 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Salerno Beachhead See more »Edit
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$800,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
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Pvt. Judson: [running up from the rear] Yeah?
Rivera: You ever go camping in the woods?
Pvt. Judson: What woods?
Rivera: [to Friedman, jerking thumb towards Judson] Get that, willya?
[to Judson]
Rivera: ANY woods!
Pvt. Judson: No.
Rivera: That's it! You don't know what you missed. You ain't never lived until you toasted a mickey over the coals. It ain't like Army chow. You can sit around the campfire - you can shoot it all nght, if you want to. You can go fishing - all that kinda stuff.
Friedman: [...]
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(uncredited)
Music by Harry McCarthy
[incorporated instrumentally to background music during assault on farmhouse]
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The footage of the platoon attacking the German armored car--which was actually a US Army halftrack--has been used in many subsequent war movies and TV shows. See more »Goofs
When the platoon is being strafed, the airplane that attacks them is a P-51D Mustang, although it is intended by the producers to represent a German or Italian plane. Machine-gun bursts can be seen in only two guns - one in each wing. Me-109s, FW-190s, and C-205s had guns mounted in the nose of the aircraft, rather than just in the wings. See more »Quotes
Rivera: [turning away from Friedman] I ain't talkin' to you no more. Hey, Judson!Pvt. Judson: [running up from the rear] Yeah?
Rivera: You ever go camping in the woods?
Pvt. Judson: What woods?
Rivera: [to Friedman, jerking thumb towards Judson] Get that, willya?
[to Judson]
Rivera: ANY woods!
Pvt. Judson: No.
Rivera: That's it! You don't know what you missed. You ain't never lived until you toasted a mickey over the coals. It ain't like Army chow. You can sit around the campfire - you can shoot it all nght, if you want to. You can go fishing - all that kinda stuff.
Friedman: [...]
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Crazy Credits
Opening credits: It was just a little walk In the warm Italian sun But it was not an easy thing And poets are writing The tale of that fight And songs for children to sing See more »Soundtracks
Bonnie Blue Flag(uncredited)
Music by Harry McCarthy
[incorporated instrumentally to background music during assault on farmhouse]
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When this picture came out in 1945 I was stationed at England General Hospital in Atlantic City. My wife and I found a baby-sitter for our one-year-old son and went to see this movie. Atlantic City at that time was a military town, and most of the soldiers were patients at EGH -- most of them amputees. Run-of-the-mill war movies were occasions for hoots and catcalls from the soldier audience. The audience the night we saw A Walk in the Sun sat spellbound and silent.
I have always wanted to see the film again to see if it is as good as I thought at the time. Last night my wife and I watched it again on DVD. I was puzzled at first. Then I realized that the soldiers in the film did not talk like soldiers (no four-letter words); also they were speaking their lines in blank verse. Unlike most movies of that vintage it withstands the test of time. If it is not a four-star movie, there is no such thing!