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To Hell and Back

  • 19551955
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 46m
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Audie Murphy in To Hell and Back (1955)
The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in the film.
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The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in the film.The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in the film.The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in the film.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
5.4K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
12,393
359
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    • Director
      • Jesse Hibbs
    • Writers
      • Gil Doud(written for the screen by)
      • Audie Murphy(autobiography "To Hell And Back")
    • Stars
      • Audie Murphy
      • Marshall Thompson
      • Charles Drake
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Jesse Hibbs
    • Writers
      • Gil Doud(written for the screen by)
      • Audie Murphy(autobiography "To Hell And Back")
    • Stars
      • Audie Murphy
      • Marshall Thompson
      • Charles Drake
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 56User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews

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    Audie Murphy
    Audie Murphy
    • Audie Murphy
    Marshall Thompson
    Marshall Thompson
    • Johnson
    Charles Drake
    Charles Drake
    • Brandon
    Jack Kelly
    Jack Kelly
    • Kerrigan
    Gregg Palmer
    Gregg Palmer
    • Lt. Manning
    Paul Picerni
    Paul Picerni
    • Valentino
    David Janssen
    David Janssen
    • Lt. Lee
    Richard Castle
    • Kovak
    Bruce Cowling
    Bruce Cowling
    • Capt. Marks
    Paul Langton
    Paul Langton
    • Col. Howe
    Art Aragon
    • Sanchez
    Felix Noriego
    • Swope
    Denver Pyle
    Denver Pyle
    • Thompson
    Brett Halsey
    Brett Halsey
    • Saunders
    Susan Kohner
    Susan Kohner
    • Maria
    Anabel Shaw
    Anabel Shaw
    • Helen
    Mary Field
    Mary Field
    • Mrs. Murphy
    Gordon Gebert
    • Audie - as A Boy
    • Director
      • Jesse Hibbs
    • Writers
      • Gil Doud(written for the screen by)
      • Audie Murphy(autobiography "To Hell And Back")
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    • Trivia
      Audie Murphy originally declined the opportunity to portray himself in the movie, not wanting people to think that he was attempting to cash in on his role as a war hero. Murphy initially suggested his friend Tony Curtis to play him. They had worked together on three westerns--Sierra (1950), Kansas Raiders (1950) and The Cimarron Kid (1952).
    • Goofs
      In the final combat scene, Audie Murphy is shown on an abandoned and burning M4 Sherman tank, firing its .50-caliber machine gun at the German attackers. In fact, Murphy performed this heroic action on an M10 tank destroyer, not an M4 tank.
    • Quotes

      Kerrigan: [after a jumpy Murphy shoots at his own image in a mirror] Man, that's the first time I ever seen a Texan beat himself to the draw.

    • Alternate versions
      West German theatrical version was cut by approx. 5 minutes.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Young Warriors (1967)
    • Soundtracks
      Dogface Soldier
      Words and Music by Bert Gold and Ken Hart

    User reviews56

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    Top review
    10/10
    "To Hell and Back" one of the best war movies ever made !
    In my opinion 'To Hell and Back' is one of the best war movie ever made, (right next to 'Saving Private Ryan') because it was about a true story of a kid from Texas with a run-a-way Father and a dead Mother, wanted to do something for the war effort but was turned down by every other service except the Army, and the Army had second thoughts. What makes this movie very special is the fact that the most ever to date decorated US soldier (two dozen of the highest medals) and a Congressional Medal of Honor receiver, not only lived through the war, but in fact played himself ! after being talked into it, seems he didn't want to play himself, he thought it would degrade the Medal of Honor.

    I watched a run of this movie on the History Channel, it was a show called, is it 'History or Hollywood' where by at the end of the show 3 Historians discuss a movie for Historic correctness, every one said if anything this movie was under stated of what Audie Murphy truly did in Europe during WWII, one said it was down played because of Audie Murphy himself, because his Army recorded as witness by others has him doing lots more, but that was the personality of Audie Murphy, imagine watching a movie were the battle's and the deeds are true, they called out a seen where Audie's best friend gets shot, he really did go ballistic charging at the German machine gun nest that killed him, picks up a German Machine gun then proceeds to take out 2 or 3 more gun sites, by using the German gun it didn't give a warning to the Germans, he saved countless American lives coming up that mountain, a brilliant movie.

    My only wish is for this movie to come out on DVD, please release 'To Hell and Back' on DVD !
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    • Release date
      • February 3, 1956 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Do pakla i natrag
    • Filming locations
      • Oak Creek Wildlife Area, Naches, Washington, USA
    • Production company
      • Universal International Pictures (UI)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.55 : 1

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