Story of G.I. Joe (1945) [N/A]
Featuring:
Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Freddie Steele
Written by:
Leopold Atlas
Guy Endore
Philip Stevenson
Directed by:
William A. Wellman
Release Date:
July 13, 1945
Original Title:
Story of G.I. Joe
Alternate Titles:
Ernie Pyle's Story of G.I. Joe
G.I. Joe
The Story of G.I. Joe
Genres:
Drama | War
Production Companies:
Lester Cowan Productions
United Artists
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
GB: PG
Runtime: 108
The mightiest action drama ever filmed !
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his readers back in the States. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.
The story of men at war and that of the esteemed Pulitzer prize winning war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Soon after the U.S. entry into World War II, Pyle joined C Company, 18th Infantry in North Africa. There he got to know the men and often wrote about them in his columns mentioning them by name, something both the soldiers and their families back home appreciated. Pyle moved to other units but as C Company is the first he went into combat with, he considers them "his" company and rejoins them in Italy. Many will die but his reporting brings a human face to war.
