4K definitive restoration by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Based on the novel by Harry Brown. Originally released as a motion picture in 1945. Full screen (1.37:1). Special features on disc 1: commentary by Alan K. Rode -- on disc 2: Zanuck goes to war: the WWII films of Fox; Living history: Norman Lloyd on Saboteur and A Walk In The Sun (2014); The Battle of San Pietro; WWII Fox Movietone newsreels; theatrical trailer. Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, George Tyne, John Ireland, Lloyd Bridges, Sterling Holloway, Norman Lloyd, Herbert Rudley, Richard Benedict.
One of the most renowned World War II films relates the timeless saga of the American G.I. as no other movie has before or since. The dilemma of the common soldier trudging to an unknown fate under a blazing Italian sun is captured by the different thoughts and personalities of a disparate group of men under arduous stress.
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