Paratrooper (1953)
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After causing the needless death of another officer during a near-miss air disaster, a distraught army officer resigns from the military. Still, the American wants to serve in the war effort and so, calling himself a Canadian, enlists in the British military to train as a paratrooper. Revealing nothing about his past, he proves himself obedient and exceptionally skilled. This rouses the suspicion of his commanding officer who starts investigating the trooper. Later, the trooper more than proves himself during a dangerous mission to North Africa. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Terence Young
Synopsis of Paratrooper
After causing the needless death of another officer during a near-miss air disaster, a distraught army officer resigns from the military. Still, the American wants to serve in the war effort and so, calling himself a Canadian, enlists in the British military to train as a paratrooper. Revealing nothing about his past, he proves himself obedient and exceptionally skilled. This rouses the suspicion of his commanding officer who starts investigating the trooper. Later, the trooper more than proves himself during a dangerous mission to North Africa. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Paratrooper
- Alan Ladd - Canada Mackendrick
- Susan Stephen - Penny Gardner
- Donald Houston - Taffy
- Patric Doonan - Flash
- Lana Morris - Pinky
- Michael Kelly - Dawes
- Thomas Heathcote - Alf
- John Boxer - Sgt. Box
- Richard Shaw
- Walter Gotell
- Victor Maddern
- Peter Burton
- Henry Longhurst
- Leo Genn - Maj. Snow
- Harry Andrews - R.S.M.
- Anthony Bushell - Gen. Whiting
- Stanley Baker - Breton
- Tim Turner - Rupert
- Anton Diffring - The Pole
- Carl Duering - Rossi
- George Margo
- Richard Ford
- Guido Lorraine
- Harry Locke
- Michael Balfour
- Director(s):
- Terence Young
- Writer(s):
- Frank S. Nugent, Richard Maibaum, Sy Bartlett
- Producer(s):
- Irving Allen, Albert R. Broccoli
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