Sergeant York [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. presents ; a Howard Hawks production ; a Warner Bros.-First National picture ; original screenplay by Abem Finkel and Harry Chandlee and Howard Koch and John Huston ; produced by Jesse L. Lasky and Hal B. Wallis ; directed by Howard Hawks.
Based on the diary of Sergeant York as edited by Tom Skeyhill. Originally released as a motion picture in 1941. Shelved in the "Movie Classics" collection. Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Stanley Ridges, Margaret Wycherly.
Summary:
Torn between religious pacifism and patriotism, farmboy Alvin York of Tennessee went on to become World War I's most acclaimed American hero, capturing 132 German soldiers during the Battle of Argonne.
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