Pride of the Marines
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| Pride of the Marines | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Delmer Daves |
| Produced by | Jerry Wald |
| Written by | Roger Butterfield (book) Albert Maltz Marvin Borowsky (adaptation) Delmer Daves (uncredited) |
| Starring | John Garfield Eleanor Parker |
| Release date(s) | August 24, 1945 |
| Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Pride of the Marines is a 1945 biographical war film. starring John Garfield and Eleanor Parker. It tells the story of U.S. Marine Al Schmid in World War II, his heroic stand against a Japanese attack during the Battle of Guadalcanal, in which he was blinded by a grenade, and his subsequent rehabilitation. The film was based on the Roger Butterfield book, Al Schmid, Marine.
Albert Maltz was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay.
[edit] Cast
- John Garfield as Al Schmid
- Eleanor Parker as Ruth Hartley
- Dane Clark as Lee Diamond
- John Ridgely as Jim Merchant
- Rosemary DeCamp as Virginia Pfeiffer
- Ann Doran as Ella May Merchant
- Ann E. Todd as Loretta Merchant
