They were expendable

Directed by: John Ford, Robert Montgomery, USA, 1945

USA, 1945
Plakatmotiv They were expendable, © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)


Cast and Credits

Production Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Director John Ford
Robert Montgomery
Scenario Frank Wead
Based on Frank Wead [Novel]
Director of Photography Joseph H. August
Composer Herbert Stothart
Cast Murray Alper [Mahan]
Leon Ames [Major James Morton]
Robert Barrat [General MacArthur]
Ward Bond ["Boats" Mulcahy]
Louis Jean Heydt ["Ohio"]
Jack Holt [General Martin]
Paul Langton
Cameron Mitchell
Robert Montgomery [Lt. John Brickley]
Jack Pennick [Doc]
Donna Reed [Lt. Sandy Davyss]
Harry Tenbrook [Larsen]
Harry Tenbrook ["Snake" Gardner]
Harry Tenbrook [Jones]
John Wayne [Lt. Rusty Ryan]
John Wayne [Tony Aiken]

Technical specifications
Technical Details: Format: 35 mm - Black and White,Length: 135 minutes
Sound System: mono
Szenenphoto aus They were expendable, © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Reviews in German: "Aussagekräftige Bilder und eine leidenschaftliche Regie" (Motion Picture Guide)

"Gemisch aus amerikanischem Nationalpathos und soldatischem Galgenhumor. überflüssiger Kriegs- und Heldenfilm aus dem Produktionsjahr 1945." (6000
Filme)

"Eine atemberaubende Inszenierung mit Nationalpathos und etwas Galgenhumor angereichert." (tele)

General Information

They were expendable is a motion picture produced in the year 1945 as a USA production. The Film was directed by John Ford, Robert Montgomery, with Murray Alper, Leon Ames, Robert Barrat, Ward Bond, Louis Jean Heydt, in the leading parts. We have currently no synopsis of this picture on file;

Bibliography 6000 Filme, pg 377
Leonard Maltin's TV Movies and Video Guide 1991 pg 1167

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