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The fighting 69th

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Full screen version.

Languages

In English, with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned.

Performers

James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Dennis Morgan, George Brent, Alan Hale, Jeffrey Lynn, Dick Foran.

Publication Information

Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Bros. Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

In a largely Irish-American World War I regiment, soldier Jerry Plunkett is a street-tough braggart turned yellow by the horrors of No Man's Land. Father Duffy is a brave chaplain who attempts to inspire him to redemptive heroism.

Notes

Originally released as a motion picture in 1940.

Special features: "Warner night at the movies 1940" short subjects gallery: vintage newsreel ; 2 patriotic shorts "Young America flies" and "London can take it!" ; classic cartoons "The fighting 69 1/2th" and "Pilgrim Porky" ; trailers of "The fighting 69th" and 1940's "Brother orchid" ; audio-only radio adaptation with Pat O'Brien, Robert Preston and Ralph Bellamy.

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