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Sgt. Sam Croft
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Running time. 131 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Box office. $2.5 million [2] The Naked and the Dead is a 1958 World War II film directed by Raoul Walsh, and based on the 1948 novel of the same name by Norman Mailer.
Naked and the Dead, The - (Original Trailer) A green lieutenant comes up against incompetent officers and a sadistic sergeant during World War II in The Naked and the Dead (1958), directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Aldo Ray.
- Raoul Walsh, Wes Mcafee, Russ Saunders
- Aldo Ray
While stationed at a U.S. Army base on an island in the Pacific, idealistic Lieutenant Hearn (Cliff Robertson) has the nerve to question the morality of his mentor, grizzled veteran General...
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- Raoul Walsh
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Jun 1, 2022 · “The Naked and the Dead” was a co-production by RKO and Warner Bros. released in August 1958. The movie is presented in widescreen WarnerScope, features a score by the great Bernard Herrmann and clocks in at two hours and 11 minutes.
Play Trailer. Youth and love and wartime-- the best-seller that electrified seven million readers! Overview. Fighting men in World War II learn the value of courage and quickness at the risk of losing their lives. Raoul Walsh. Norman Mailer. Terry Sanders. Denis Sanders.
The Naked and the Dead is a 1958 Technicolor widescreen film based on Norman Mailer's World War II novel The Naked and the Dead. Directed by Raoul Walsh and filmed in Panama the screenplay attributed to the Sanders Brothers adds a strip tease and larger action scenes to Mailer's original narrative.
Mopping up after ambushing a Japanese patrol in the South Pacific, soldiers Red (Robert Gist) and Gallagher (Richard Jaeckel) taking orders from their sergeant Croft (Aldo Ray), leading to a famous incident from Norman Mailer's original novel, in The Naked And The Dead, 1958.
