Directed by:
William A. WellmanCinematography:
Russell MettyCast:
Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Freddie Steele, Wally Cassell, William Murphy, John R. Reilly, Bob Hope, Jimmy Lloyd, William 'Billy' Benedict (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
"The Story of G.I. Joe" depicts Ernie Pyle's (Meredith) experiences with the men of Company C of the 18th Infantry and their role in the invasion of Italy. Pyle joins Captain Bill Walker (Mitchum) and his men in the desert of North Africa and follows these gallant soldiers as they fight their way from the beaches of Sicily to the hills of southern Italy. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Burgess Meredith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271967_29d2af.jpg)
Burgess Meredith
USA
Best movies:
Rocky (1976)
Of Mice and Men (1939)
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
![Robert Mitchum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/709/162709963_988ed4.jpg)
Robert Mitchum
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Dead Man (1995)
Freddie Steele
USA
Best movies:
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
A Foreign Affair (1948)
Black Angel (1946)
![Wally Cassell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/448/160448339_f512b8.jpg)
Wally Cassell
USA
Best movies:
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
White Heat (1949)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
William Murphy
USA
Best movies:
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
The Big Heat (1953)
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
John R. Reilly
USA
Best movies:
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Battleground (1949)
![Bob Hope](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268012_8cae64.jpg)
Bob Hope
UK
Best movies:
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
![Jimmy Lloyd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193775_a935fb.jpg)
Jimmy Lloyd
USA
Best movies:
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)
Battle of Rogue River (1954)
![William 'Billy' Benedict](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/936/159936026_2f1313.gif)
William 'Billy' Benedict
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Killing (1956)
William Self
USA
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
![Dick Rich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/765/160765038_57a286.gif)
Dick Rich
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Dorothy Coonan Wellman
USA
Best movies:
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
42nd Street (1933)
Yolanda Lacca
Best movies:
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Laura (1944)
The Razor's Edge (1946)
Nino Tempo
USA
Best movies:
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)