The Fighting 69th (1940) - film review
William Keighley
Action / Adventure / Biography / Drama / History / War
Summary
The Fighting 69th is an American war film first released in 1940,
directed by William Keighley.
The film stars James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn and Alan Hale.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: William Keighley
- Script: Norman Reilly Raine, Fred Niblo Jr., Dean Riesner
- Photo: Tony Gaudio
- Music: Adolph Deutsch
- Cast: James Cagney (Private Jerry Plunkett), Pat O’Brien (Father Francis J. Duffy), George Brent (Major ’Wild Bill’ Donovan), Jeffrey Lynn (Sergeant Joyce Kilmer), Alan Hale (Sergeant ’Big Mike’ Wynn), Frank McHugh (Terence ’Crepe-Hanger’ Burke), Dennis Morgan (Lieutenant Oliver Ames), Dick Foran (Lieutenant ’Long John’ Wynn), William Lundigan (Private Timothy ’Timmy’ Wynn), Guinn ’Big Boy’ Williams (Paddy Dolan), Henry O’Neill (The Colonel), John Litel (Captain Mangan), Sammy Cohen (Mike Murphy, an alias of Mischa Moskowitz), Harvey Stephens (Major Alex Anderson), William Hopper (Private Turner), Tom Dugan (Private McManus), Frank Wilcox (Lieutenant John Norman), Eddie Acuff, Herbert Anderson (Private Casey), John Arledge (Second Alabama man), Trevor Bardette (First Alabama man), Jack Boyle Jr. (Chuck), Richard Clayton (Tierney), Frank Coghlan Jr. (Jimmy), Joseph Crehan (Doctor giving inoculations), John Daheim (Soldier), Eddie Dew (Regan), Ralph Dunn (Medical captain), Edgar Edwards (Engineer officer), Frank Faylen (Engineer sergeant at cave-in), James Flavin (Supply sergeant), Jerry Fletcher (Telephonist), Arno Frey (German officer), Edmund Glover (Fourth Alabama man), John Harron (Carrol), J. Anthony Hughes (Healey), Layne Ireland (Hefferman), Donald Kerr (New recruit), George Kilgen (Ryan), Jacques Lory (Waiter), Wilfred Lucas (Doctor checking eyes), Frank Mayo (Captain Bootz), Frank Melton (Third Alabama man), Elmo Murray (O’Brien), Byron Nelson (Soldier), George O’Hanlon (Eddie Kearney), Jack Perrin (Major), George Reeves (Jack O’Keefe), John Ridgely (Moran), Frank Sully (Sergeant), Roland Varno (German officer), Emmett Vogan (Doctor giving physicals)
- Country: USA
- Language: English / Hebrew / Latin / Yiddish
- Runtime: 90 min; B&W
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