A Walk in the Sun

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A Walk in the Sun

DVD cover
Directed byLewis Milestone
Produced byLewis Milestone
Written byHarry Brown (novel)
Robert Rossen
StarringDana Andrews
Richard Conte
George Tyne
John Ireland
Lloyd Bridges
Music byFreddie Efrem Rich
Earl Robinson
CinematographyRussell Harlan
Editing byW. Duncan Mansfield
Distributed byTwentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Realart Pictures Inc. (1951 reissue)
Release date(s)December 3, 1945
Running time117 min.
LanguageEnglish/Italian
Budget$800,000 (estimated)
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A Walk in the Sun is a war film released in 1945 (reissued in 1951 as Salerno Beachhead), based on the novel by Harry Brown. It was directed by Lewis Milestone and starred Dana Andrews and Lloyd Bridges.

Synopsis

During the World War II Allied invasion of Italy, a sergeant (Dana Andrews) leads his platoon to attack a fortified farmhouse. The film is noted for its attempt to portray realistically the infantryman's experience.

Characters

  • One of the infantryman's name is Windy and he is always writing a letter to his sister in his head.

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Lewis Milestone (born Lev Milstein) (September 30 1895 - September 25 1980) was an accomplished, and award-winning motion picture director. He is known for directing Two Arabian Knights (1927), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930),
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Lewis Milestone (born Lev Milstein) (September 30 1895 - September 25 1980) was an accomplished, and award-winning motion picture director. He is known for directing Two Arabian Knights (1927), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930),
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Harry Peter McNab Brown, Jr. (April 30 1917 – November 2 1986) was a novelist and screenwriter.

Born in Portland, Maine, he was educated at Harvard University, where he was friends with American poet, Robert Lowell.
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Robert Rossen (March 16, 1908 - February 18, 1966) was an American screenwriter, film director, and producer who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s.
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Dana Andrews

from the trailer for the film
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).

Born January 1 1909(1909--)
Covington County, Mississippi
Died
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Richard Conte

Richard Conte in Cry of the City (1948)

Born March 24 1910(1910--)
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Died March 15 1975 (aged 65)
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John Ireland may refer to:
  • John Ireland (theologian) (1440–1495), Scottish theologian and Rector of the Sorbonne
  • John Ireland (martyr), (d. 1544), martyr
  • John Ireland (biographer) (d.

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Lloyd Bridges

Lloyd Bridges at the 61st Academy Awards
Birth name Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr.
Born January 15 1913(1913--)
San Leandro, California
Died
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Frederic Efrem "Fred" Rich (January 31 1898-September 8 1956) was a Polish-born United States bandleader and composer who was active from the 1920s to the 1950s. Among the famous musicians in his band included the Dorsey Brothers, Joe Venuti, Bunny Berigan and Benny Goodman.
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Earl Hawley Robinson (born July 2, 1910 – died July 20, 1991) was a songwriter and composer from Seattle, Washington. Robinson is probably as well remembered for his left-leaning political views (a member of the Communist Party in the 1930s) as he is for his music, including
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For other persons of the same name, see Harlan.
Russell B. Harlan (September 16, 1903 - February 28, 1974) was an American cinematographer.
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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Subsidiary of News Corporation
Founded 1935, Fox Films founded in 1915
Headquarters Century City, California, USA

Industry Motion picture
Parent Fox Filmed Entertainment (News Corporation)
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December 3 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events

  • 1800 - Battle of Hohenlinden, which was an Austrian Defeat

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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1910s  1920s  1930s  - 1940s -  1950s  1960s  1970s
1940 1941 1942 - 1943 - 1944 1945 1946

Year 1945 (MCMXLV
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English}}} 
Writing system: Latin (English variant) 
Official status
Official language of: 53 countries
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: en
ISO 639-2: eng
ISO 639-3: eng  
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Italian}}} 
Official status
Official language of:  European Union
 European Union
 Switzerland
 San Marino
Vatican City
Sovereign Military Order of Malta

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The war film is a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects.
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1920s  1930s  1940s  - 1950s -  1960s  1970s  1980s
1948 1949 1950 - 1951 - 1952 1953 1954

Year 1951 (MCMLI
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Country Italy
Region Campania
Province Salerno (SA)
Mayor Vincenzo De Luca (since June 2006)

Area km
Population
 - Total (as of December 31, 2005)
 - Density /km

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Harry Peter McNab Brown, Jr. (April 30 1917 – November 2 1986) was a novelist and screenwriter.

Born in Portland, Maine, he was educated at Harvard University, where he was friends with American poet, Robert Lowell.
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Lewis Milestone (born Lev Milstein) (September 30 1895 - September 25 1980) was an accomplished, and award-winning motion picture director. He is known for directing Two Arabian Knights (1927), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930),
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Dana Andrews

from the trailer for the film
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).

Born January 1 1909(1909--)
Covington County, Mississippi
Died
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Lloyd Bridges

Lloyd Bridges at the 61st Academy Awards
Birth name Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr.
Born January 15 1913(1913--)
San Leandro, California
Died
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Allied powers:
 Soviet Union
 United States
 United Kingdom
 China
 France
...et al. Axis powers:
 Germany
 Japan
 Italy
...et al.
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Anthem
Il Canto degli Italiani
(also known as Fratelli d'Italia)


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For other uses, see Sergeant (disambiguation).


Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world.
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platoon is a military unit, typically composed of two to four sections or squads and containing about 30 to 50 soldiers. Platoons are organized into a company, which typically consists of three, four or five platoons.
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