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A Walk in the Sun is a 1945 American war film based on the novel by Harry Brown, who was a writer for Yank, the Army Weekly based in England. The book was serialized in Liberty Magazine in October 1944.
A Walk in the Sun: Directed by Lewis Milestone. With Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, George Tyne, John Ireland. During WWII, a platoon of American soldiers trudge through the Italian countryside in search of a bridge they have been ordered to blow up, encountering danger and destruction along the way.
American soldiers hit the beach at Salerno and begin their trek across the countryside toward the Nazi-occupied farmhouse they've been ordered to destroy.
DEFINITIVE RESTORED VERSION by UCLA FILM ARCHIVE Director: Lewis Milestone Stars: Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Lloyd Bridges, Huntz Hall Screenplay: Robert Rosen Narrated by: Burgess Meredith One...
A Walk in the Sun. Released Dec 25, 1945 1h 57m War List. 88% Tomatometer 8 Reviews 75% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings When a GI platoon lands on the beaches of Italy during World War II, the...
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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...
Synopsis. In 1943, the diverse group of fifty-three soldiers comprising the Lee Platoon of the Texas Division anxiously await their upcoming landing on a beach near Salerno, Italy.
A disparate group of infantrymen form the lead platoon of the Texas Division, they who have to rely on each other despite their differences, both to accomplish their mission but also to survive especially in combat.
In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to attempt to take a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount.
Harry Brown's honest, unsentimental WW2 novel A Walk in the Sun has been effectively adapted for the screen by Robert Rossen. Dana Andrews stars as Sgt. Tyne, a platoon squad leader in Italy who ends up assuming command of his platoon after a series of deaths.
