A Walk in the Sun (1945 film)
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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, Pyle ...
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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.
- Lester Cowan, David Hall
- June 18, 1945
The Story of G.I. Joe chronicles the experiences of an infantry unit in Italy as told by war correspondent Ernie Pyle, who is played by Burgess Meredith. War weary Robert Mitchum plays the platoon leader.
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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 GI Joe tells the tales of a war reporter with a star-studded cast. We asked a WW2 historian what the Monte Cassino movie gets right – and wrong.
From where the civilian sits, this seems the authentic story of GI Joe – that superb, slugging human machine, the infantryman, without whom wars cannot be won.
