Overview

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.

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Cast

Burgess Meredith

Ernie Pyle

Robert Mitchum

Bill Walker

Freddie Steele

Sgt. Steve Warnicki

Wally Cassell

Pvt. Dondaro

Jimmy Lloyd

Pvt. Spencer

William Murphy

Private Mew

Dorothy Coonan Wellman

Nurse Lt. Elizabeth 'Red' Murphy (uncredited)

William Benedict

Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)

Bob Hope

Bob Hope (Voice on Radio Program) (voice) (uncredited)