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Story Of Gi Joe / Gi Joe, War Correspondent / War Correspondent


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  Story Of Gi Joe / Gi Joe, War Correspondent / War Correspondent Review
Tookey's Rating
7 /10
 
Average Rating
7.50 /10
 
Starring
Burgess Meredith , Robert Mitchum , Freddie Steele
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Directed by: William A. Wellman
Written by: Leopold Atlas, Guy Endore, Philip Stevenson from Ernie Pyle's book

 
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Released: 1945
   
Genre: DRAMA
WAR
WORLD WAR II
   
Origin: US
   
Colour: BW
   
Length: 109
 
 


 
A war correspondent (Burgess Meredith, pictured second right) reports the stories of ordinary soldiers at the front line, during World War II.
Reviewed by Chris Tookey



One of the most authentic combat films of all time, this is based on the front-line dispatches of a war journalist and noticeably avoids false heroics or jingoism - though not always sentimentality. It follows All Quiet On The Western Front (1930) and predates The Big Red One (1980) and Platoon (1986) in offering a worm's eye view of warfare as confusing, dirty and scary. Mitchum's role as Lieutenant Walker made him a star. The score, by Ann Ronell and Louis Applebaum, and the song "Linda" (music and lyrics by Ann Ronell) were Oscar-nominated.


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