Directed by:
Lewis MilestoneScreenplay:
Michael BlankfortComposer:
Sol KaplanCast:
Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Reginald Gardiner, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone, Jack Webb, Neville Brand, Martin Milner, Don Gordon, Edward Binns (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Richard Widmark leads an all-star cast of leathernecks (Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone, and Jack Webb) into battle on a heavily-fortified enemy island. Their objective is a Japanese rocket sit in the island's interior, and the combat-packed story follows the squad from beachhead to battle, as they pick their way through enemy-infested jungles. Along the way, Widmark is transformed from a former school teacher into a combat-wizened leader, and his disparate squad of men is forged into a cohesive fighting unit. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Richard Widmark](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/606/165606299_296b61.jpg)
Richard Widmark
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Night and the City (1950)
![Jack Palance](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/420/164420114_577d71.png)
Jack Palance
USA
Best movies:
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon (2003) (music video)
The Cop in Blue Jeans (1976)
Sudden Fear (1952)
![Reginald Gardiner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/410/410428_88c5f6.jpg)
Reginald Gardiner
UK
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Lodger (1927)
The Flying Deuces (1939)
![Robert Wagner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271892_602d11.jpg)
Robert Wagner
USA
Best movies:
La Tour infernale (1974)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Road to Santiago (1999) (series)
![Karl Malden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/361/164361539_a8f610.png)
Karl Malden
USA
Best movies:
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Un tramway nommé Désir (1951)
![Richard Boone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270355_856b2e.jpg)
Richard Boone
USA
Best movies:
Hombre (1967)
The Arrangement (1969)
The Raid (1954)
![Jack Webb](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269458_c63a48.jpg)
Jack Webb
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Men (1950)
Dark City (1950)
![Neville Brand](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247400_905051.jpg)
Neville Brand
USA
Best movies:
Stalag 17 (1953)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Martin Milner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/410/410427_45e66e.jpg)
Martin Milner
USA
Best movies:
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Compulsion (1959)
Life with Father (1947)
![Don Gordon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/488/488840_f1d540.jpg)
Don Gordon
USA
Best movies:
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Papillon (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![Edward Binns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/256/159256254_26bc5f.jpg)
Edward Binns
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Fail-Safe (1964)
![Bert Freed](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000076_8e84cd.gif)
Bert Freed
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Paths of Glory (1957)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![Skip Homeier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/483/159483455_2db4dc.jpg)
Skip Homeier
USA
Best movies:
Showdown (1963)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
The Gunfighter (1950)
![Philip Ahn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/288/161288200_29b36e.jpg)
Philip Ahn
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Rollin Moriyama
Japan
Best movies:
Penny Serenade (1941)
Morituri (1965)
Sayonara (1957)
John McKee
USA
Best movies:
The Big Country (1958)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Showdown (1963)
Harry Carter
USA
Best movies:
Laura (1944)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Fred Coby
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
White Heat (1949)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
John Close
USA
Best movies:
The Big Heat (1953)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Marion Marshall
USA
Best movies:
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)