Director: Stanley Kubrick

Writers: Stanley Kubrick; Calder Willingham; Jim Thompson

From novel: Paths of Glory by Humphrey Cobb

Music: Gerald Fried

Producer: James B. Harris

Keywords: Drama, WWI

In the stalemate of WWI France, a regiment is ordered in a suicide mission over the trenches to take the heavily fortified German "Anthill", merely so that a general, Mireau, might have the possibility of a promotion. When many soldiers refuse, Mireau orders his artillery to open fire on his own men; they refuse citing a lack of written orders. Three representatives of the regiment are selected to be placed on trial for cowardice, and sentenced to death. Superb anti-war film is one of Kubrick's most memorable.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard Anderson	Actor	8-Aug-1926	31-Aug-2017	Oscar Goldman on The 6 Million Dollar Man
Kirk Douglas	Actor	9-Dec-1916		Spartacus
Bert Freed	Actor	3-Nov-1919	2-Aug-1994	Rufe Ryker on Shane
George Macready	Actor	29-Aug-1908	2-Jul-1973	Paths of Glory
Ralph Meeker	Actor	21-Nov-1920	5-Aug-1988	Kiss Me Deadly
Adolphe Menjou	Actor	18-Feb-1890	29-Oct-1963	A Farewell to Arms
Wayne Morris	Actor	17-Feb-1914	14-Sep-1959	Paths of Glory

CAST

Kirk Douglas	...   Col. Dax
Co-Starring
Ralph Meeker	...   Cpl. Paris
Adolphe Menjou	...   Gen. Broulard
Featuring
George Macready	...   Gen. Mireau
Wayne Morris	...   Lt. Roget
Richard Anderson	...   Maj. Saint-Auban
Joseph Turkel	...   Pvt. Arnaud
Susanne Christian	...   German Girl
Jerry Hausner	...   Tavern Owner
Peter Capell	...   Court-Martial Judge
Emile Meyer	...   Priest
Bert Freed	...   Sgt. Boulanger
Kem Dibbs	...   Pvt. Lejeune
and
Timothy Carey	...   Pvt. Ferol
Fred Bell	...   Shell-Shocked Soldier
John Stein	...   Capt. Rousseau
Harold Benedict	...   Capt. Nichols

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