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Battle Cry (1955)

Battle Cry (1955)
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Adapted by Leon Uris from his own novel, the film follows a group of World War II marines, from Basic Training to Battlefield. Major Van Heflin knows that his men are spoiling for a real fight, but must make do with the desultory skirmishes assigned them by the Brass. All this changes with an onslaught of heavy-duty battling in the South Pacific. Aldo Ray plays a tough leatherneck who falls in love with demure Nancy Olson, while James Whitmore, Tab Hunter, Dorothy Malone and Raymond Massey costar. And watch for young Justus McQueen, cast as private L.Q. Jones; McQueen liked his character name so much that he adopted it as his professional cognomen. Composer Max Steiner's musical score earned him an Oscar nomination. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, (more)
Director(s):
Raoul Walsh
Format(s):
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Synopsis of Battle Cry

Adapted by Leon Uris from his own novel, the film follows a group of World War II marines, from Basic Training to Battlefield. Major Van Heflin knows that his men are spoiling for a real fight, but must make do with the desultory skirmishes assigned them by the Brass. All this changes with an onslaught of heavy-duty battling in the South Pacific. Aldo Ray plays a tough leatherneck who falls in love with demure Nancy Olson, while James Whitmore, Tab Hunter, Dorothy Malone and Raymond Massey costar. And watch for young Justus McQueen, cast as private L.Q. Jones; McQueen liked his character name so much that he adopted it as his professional cognomen. Composer Max Steiner's musical score earned him an Oscar nomination. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
148 mins

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Director(s):
Raoul Walsh
Writer(s):
Leon Uris
Producer(s):
Raoul Walsh
Categories:
War
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    Jeffrey H.

    If you are a Marine you will understand the movie, some people can only know by watching movie. Once a Marine always a Marine oorah

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    Rich B.

    In spite of the movie's name, this wasn't so much a movie about actual combat. It was more about the common folk who serve their country and the personal battles they face living that life.

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    Ralph G.

    I wanted to like this movie a lot since Leon Uris is one of my favorite authors but it was undoubtedly one of the finest examples of 1950's bad acting. I can't wait to read the book now just to get the bad memories of this stinker out of my head. I have to believe Leon was "directed" to write the screenplay this way by the producers.

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