Director: William Keighley

Writers: Norman Reilly Raine; Fred Niblo, Jr.; Dean Franklin

Music by: Adolph Deutsch

Keywords: Drama, Action/Adventure, WWI

A big-talking soldier's cowardly behavior causes the deaths of several men in his regiment during WWI; the unit's chaplain, Father Francis Duffy, argues that he should be given a second chance. Entertaining cornball, somewhat stagebound. Actual length of this film is 89 minutes, with some copies cut down to 79.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
George Brent	Actor	15-Mar-1899	26-May-1979	The Great Lie
James Cagney	Actor	17-Jul-1899	30-Mar-1986	New York tough guy
Tom Dugan	Actor	1-Jan-1889	7-Mar-1955	To Be or Not to Be
Dick Foran	Actor	18-Jun-1910	10-Aug-1979	The Petrified Forest
Alan Hale, Sr.	Actor	10-Feb-1892	22-Jan-1950	The Adventures of Robin Hood
William Hopper	Actor	26-Jan-1915	6-Mar-1970	Paul Drake on Perry Mason
John Litel	Actor	30-Dec-1892	3-Feb-1972	Two Dollar Bettor
William Lundigan	Actor	12-Jun-1914	20-Dec-1975	Men Into Space
Jeffrey Lynn	Actor	16-Feb-1909	24-Nov-1995	Home Town Story
Frank McHugh	Actor	23-May-1898	11-Sep-1981	The Roaring Twenties
Dennis Morgan	Actor	20-Dec-1908	7-Sep-1994	My Wild Irish Rose
Pat O'Brien	Actor	11-Nov-1899	15-Oct-1983	Angels with Dirty Faces
Henry O'Neill	Actor	10-Aug-1891	18-May-1961	Anchors Aweigh
Guinn Williams	Actor	26-Apr-1899	6-Jun-1962	Santa Fe Trail

CAST

James Cagney	...   Jerry Plunkett
Pat O'Brien	...   Fr. Duffy
George Brent	...   Wild Bill Donovan
Jeffrey Lynn	...   Joyce Kilmer
Alan Hale, Sr.	...   Sgt Wynn ("Big Mike")
Dick Foran	...   Lt. Wynn ("Long John")
William Lundigan	...   Timmy Wynn
Frank McHugh	...   Burke ("Crepe-Hanger")
Dennis Morgan	...   Lt. Ames
John Litel	...   Capt. Mangan
Harvey Stephens	...   Maj. Anderson
Guinn Williams	...   Paddy Dolan
Henry O'Neill	...   The Colonel
Sammy Cohen	...   Mike Murphy
William Hopper	...   Pvt. Turner
Tom Dugan	...   Pvt. McManus
Frank Wilcox	...   Lt. Norman

REVIEWS

Review by Anonymous (posted on 7-Jun-2007)

I saw it years ago when I was a young boy. I thought it was so gripping, well acted and told a great story about a bad guy who caused the lives of many of his company in the Great War come back and become a hero. The roles played by Cagney, Brent, and O'Brien were superb. I recommend even for today's young people to show how anyone can redeem themselves if the opportunity occurs.

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