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Home of the Brave

  • 19491949
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
727
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POPULARITY
66,158
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Home of the Brave (1949)
DramaWar
During WW2, a reconnaissance platoon is sent to map out a Japanese-held island but racial tensions arise between the white soldiers and the only black member of the group.During WW2, a reconnaissance platoon is sent to map out a Japanese-held island but racial tensions arise between the white soldiers and the only black member of the group.During WW2, a reconnaissance platoon is sent to map out a Japanese-held island but racial tensions arise between the white soldiers and the only black member of the group.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
727
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
66,158
441
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    • Director
      • Mark Robson
    • Writers
      • Arthur Laurents(play)
      • Carl Foreman(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Douglas Dick
      • Steve Brodie
      • Jeff Corey
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Mark Robson
    • Writers
      • Arthur Laurents(play)
      • Carl Foreman(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Douglas Dick
      • Steve Brodie
      • Jeff Corey
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    • 33User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Lloyd Bridges, Steve Brodie, James Edwards, and Frank Lovejoy in Home of the Brave (1949)
    Lloyd Bridges and James Edwards in Home of the Brave (1949)
    James Edwards in Home of the Brave (1949)
    Home of the Brave (1949)
    Lloyd Bridges and James Edwards in Home of the Brave (1949)
    Steve Brodie and James Edwards in Home of the Brave (1949)
    James Edwards in Home of the Brave (1949)
    Home of the Brave (1949)
    Home of the Brave (1949)
    Home of the Brave (1949)
    Frank Lovejoy in Home of the Brave (1949)
    Home of the Brave (1949)

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    Douglas Dick
    Douglas Dick
    • Maj. Robinson
    Steve Brodie
    Steve Brodie
    • Cpl. T.J. Everett
    Jeff Corey
    Jeff Corey
    • Doctor
    Lloyd Bridges
    Lloyd Bridges
    • Pvt. Finch
    Frank Lovejoy
    Frank Lovejoy
    • Sgt. Mingo
    James Edwards
    James Edwards
    • Pvt. Peter Moss
    Cliff Clark
    • Col. Baker
    • Director
      • Mark Robson
    • Writers
      • Arthur Laurents(play)
      • Carl Foreman(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      This was the first Hollywood movie to be officially be permitted to use the word "nigger" after The Emperor Jones (1933). Previously, the Hays Code had forbidden it since 1934.
    • Goofs
      The Army Recon Team's helmets are fitted with manufactured camouflaged covers. In W.W.II, these were strictly a Marine Corps- issued item.
    • Quotes

      Mingo: Yeah, I'll never forget the first letter I got from my wife. It started, "My darling, darling, darling, I'll never again use the word 'love' without thinking only of you." And I remember the last one I got from her. It started, "Dear T.J., this is the hardest letter I've ever had to write."

    • Crazy credits
      The initial credits play over actual footage of battles from the Pacific campaign.
    • Connections
      Edited into Dynamite Chicken (1971)
    • Soundtracks
      (Sometimes I Feel Like a) Motherless Child
      Traditional

    User reviews33

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    IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS THE END OF BLACK STEREOTYPES IN HOLLYWOOD
    The importance of this film cannot be overstated. 1 - It gave us JAMES EDWARDS, thus ending Hollywood's Heroic-Black-Man Prohibition. Without Mr. Edwards there would be no Sidney Poitier, no Denzel. 2 - This film, hot on the heels of President Truman's Executive Order integrating America's segregated military, examines the possible pressures of this new policy on both the races - without demeaning either. 3 - Until this time Hollywood had managed to fight two world wars on screen without any major assistance from America's Black population except as domestics. 4 - The existence of HOME OF THE BRAVE put pressure on subsequent films (which only a scant few bowed to)to present a more accurate racial and ethnic portrayal of America's fighting forces. So (with the exception of SAHARA) every Black man in a Hollywood war film owes thanks to Mr. Edwards.

    The irony is Mr. Edwards' last film, PATTON, has him portraying a valet. The insult is that Patton's most important victory - The Battle of The Bulge - was facilitated in great part by the contribution of The Big Red One - a battalion of Black truck drivers - who risked all to keep Patton's front supplied until the weather cleared enough to allow cargo flights. This historic fact (the race of the drivers in this segregated unit) is ignored in the film leaving Mr. Edwards with the only Black speaking part in a sweeping biography about a WWII general - isn't this where we came in?

    If you examine Mr. Edward's filmography (by which I mean screen the films) it is difficult to understand the spottiness of his career and his relative obscurity. Part of the explanation may lie in the murky machinations of HUAC, McCarthyism, the Hollywood Blacklist and Mr. Edwards' worldwide tour with this film (it included a stop in the then Soviet Union). If you have any information regarding this aspect of his life please post it here.

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    • Release date
      • September 14, 1949 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • High Noon
    • Filming locations
      • Malibu, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Stanley Kramer Productions
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    • Budget
      • $375,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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