Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
The mightiest action drama ever filmed !
108 min
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his readers back in the States. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.
- Release date
- July 13, 1945
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Louis Applebaum, Ann Ronell
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Cast
- Burgess Meredith as Ernie Pyle - Scripps-Howard War Correspondent
- Robert Mitchum as Lt. Walker
- Freddie Steele as Sergeant Warnicki
- Wally Cassell as Private Dondaro
- Jimmy Lloyd as Private Spencer
- John R. Reilly as Private Murphy
- William Murphy as Private Mew
- Dorothy Coonan Wellman as Nurse Lt. Elizabeth 'Red' Murphy (uncredited)
- William 'Billy' Benedict as Pvt. Whitey
- Bob Hope as Bob Hope (Voice on Radio Program) (voice) (uncredited)
- Yolanda Lacca as Amelia, Italian Girl (uncredited)
- Tito Renaldo as Lopez
- William Self as "Gawky" Henderson
- Combat Veterans of the Campaigns in Africa Sicily and Italy as U.S. Army Soldiers
- Michael Browne as Sergeant
Crew
- William A. Wellman · Director
- Leopold Atlas · Writer
- Guy Endore · Writer
- Philip Stevenson · Writer
- Lester Cowan · Producer
- Louis Applebaum · Composer
- Ann Ronell · Composer
- Russell Metty · Cinematographer
- Albrecht Joseph · Editor
- Otho Lovering · Editor