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The Story of G.I. Joe, also credited in prints as Ernie Pyle's Story of G.I. Joe, is a 1945 American war film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Burgess Meredith and Robert Mitchum. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Mitchum's only career Oscar nomination.
Story of G.I. Joe: Directed by William A. Wellman. With Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Freddie Steele, Wally Cassell. At the close of WWII, Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Ernie Pyle travels with the U.S. Army's Company C Division during their liberation of Italy.
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- Biography, Drama, War
- William A. Wellman
- 1945-07-13
The Story of G. I. Joe (1945) is at once an homage to Ernie Pyle (1900-1945), who captured the American imagination with his gritty story of the lives--and deaths--of ordinary infantrymen, and to the men whose stories he told. Pyle once wrote: "I love the infantry because they are the underdogs.
- William A. Wellman
- Burgess Meredith
Story of G.I. Joe (1945) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
There was a time, in January 1944, when everyone in America had heard of Captain Henry T. Waskow from Belton, Texas. His story had been told by Ernie Pyle, the most revered war correspondent of the day, and it had become the most famous and beloved of all the columns Pyle wrote during World War II.
At the close of WWII, Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Ernie Pyle travels with the U.S. Army's Company C Division during their liberation of Italy. 167 IMDb 7.2 1 h 49 min 1945. 16+.
During World War II, American journalist Ernie Pyle (Burgess Meredith) goes abroad to write about the arduous experiences of stalwart members of the U.S. Army. In Africa and Europe,...
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