Directed by:
Lewis SeilerCinematography:
Charles G. ClarkeComposer:
David ButtolphCast:
Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix, Richard Conte, Anthony Quinn, Richard Jaeckel, Ralph Byrd, Lionel Stander, Miles Mander, Eddie Acuff, Minor Watson (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
The story follows one squad of Marines through the bloody assaults on the Solomon Islands during the opening stages of the war in the South Pacific. There's the tough sergeant (Lloyd Nolan), a cab driver from Brooklyn (William Bendix), a Mexican (Anthony Quinn) and a chaplain (Preston Foster). A battle-weary narrator reads from a diary, commenting on the typical grunt's everyday life, and death. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Preston Foster](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/340/340760_92a2ff.jpg)
Preston Foster
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
![Lloyd Nolan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/099/533/99533836_3a64be.jpg)
Lloyd Nolan
USA
Best movies:
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Airport (1970)
Peyton Place (1957)
![William Bendix](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/515/515900_47bffc.jpg)
William Bendix
USA
Best movies:
Detective Story (1951)
The Big Steal (1949)
Lifeboat (1944)
![Richard Conte](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270211_d260fa.jpg)
Richard Conte
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
![Anthony Quinn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/361/164361452_f325e1.png)
Anthony Quinn
Mexico
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Road (1954)
Lust for Life (1956)
![Richard Jaeckel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/215/164215067_dcd1f6.jpg)
Richard Jaeckel
USA
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
![Ralph Byrd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948793_3f65ff.jpg)
Ralph Byrd
USA
Best movies:
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
Swing Time (1936)
![Lionel Stander](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272141_ac0877.jpg)
Lionel Stander
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Blast of Silence (1961)
![Miles Mander](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505316_a77091.jpg)
Miles Mander
UK
Best movies:
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Madame Curie (1943)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
![Eddie Acuff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886410_734833.jpg)
Eddie Acuff
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.
![Minor Watson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/400/159400681_60cf15.jpg)
Minor Watson
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
![Roy Roberts](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000175_3215bd.jpg)
Roy Roberts
USA
Best movies:
Chinatown (1974)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
![John Archer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634383_b44213.jpg)
John Archer
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
White Heat (1949)
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
Fred Graham
USA
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Vertigo (1958)
![Reed Hadley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309415_10d1de.jpg)
Reed Hadley
USA
Best movies:
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Kansas Pacific (1953)
Bachelor Mother (1939)
![Selmer Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948634_afe05a.jpg)
Selmer Jackson
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Sudden Fear (1952)
![Warren Ashe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/015/161015319_aa91cd.jpg)
Warren Ashe
USA
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
![Jack Luden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/033/161033706_ebd6d3.jpg)
Jack Luden
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
Charles Lang
USA
Best movies:
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Air Force (1943)
Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
Harry Carter
USA
Best movies:
Laura (1944)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Pickup on South Street (1953)