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Battleground

Year:
Duration:
118 min
Genres:
Action | War | Drama
IMDB rate:
7.6
Director:
William A. Wellman
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 5 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1950-01-20
Filming Locations: Fort Lewis, Washington, USA
Earnings
Budget: $1,631,000
Gross: $10,293,960 (USA)$13,666,420 (worldwide)
Cast
Actor
Character
Van Johnson
Holley
John Hodiak
Jarvess
Ricardo Montalban
Roderigues
George Murphy
'Pop' Stazak
Marshall Thompson
Jim Layton
Jerome Courtland
Abner Spudler
Don Taylor
Standiferd
Bruce Cowling
Wolowicz
James Whitmore
Kinnie
Douglas Fowley
'Kipp' Kippton
Leon Ames
The Chaplain
Herbert Anderson
Hansan (as Guy Anderson)
Thomas E. Breen
Doc
Denise Darcel
Denise
Richard Jaeckel
Bettis
James Arness
Garby (as Jim Arness)
Brett King
Lt. Teiss
The Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division
Themselves (as the original 'Screaming Eagles' of the 101st Airborne Division)
Joel Allen
Transportation Captain (uncredited)
Martha Bamattre
French Peasant Woman (uncredited)
Richard Bartlett
Casualty (uncredited)
Nan Boardman
Belgian Woman Volunteer (uncredited)
Tommy Bond
Runner (uncredited)
Robert Boon
German Soldier (uncredited)
Michael Browne
Levenstein (uncredited)
Norman Budd
Crying Casualty (uncredited)
George Chandler
Mess Sergeant (uncredited)
Tony Christian
German Soldier (uncredited)
Lillian Clayes
Old Woman (uncredited)
Louise Colombet
French Peasant Woman (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
G.I. Scout (uncredited)
Bert Davidson
101st Battalion Officer (uncredited)
George Dee
Frenchman (uncredited)
Jean Del Val
French Peasant Man (uncredited)
Victor Desny
Wounded German Soldier (uncredited)
Chris Drake
Medic Private (uncredited)
Jim Drum
Supply Sergeant (uncredited)
Gretl Dupont
French Peasant Woman (uncredited)
John Dutra
G.I. (uncredited)
Ted Eckelberry
G.I. (uncredited)
Bill Erwin
Warrant Officer (uncredited)
Dan Foster
Gunner (uncredited)
John Gardner
G.I. (uncredited)
Eugene Gericke
German Soldier (uncredited)
Edmund Glover
G.I. from Maine (uncredited)
David Holt
G.I. Straggler (uncredited)
James Horne
Transportation Captain (uncredited)
Richard Irving
G.I. from New York (uncredited)
Samuel Jaegers
Drill Sergeant (uncredited)
Dickie Jones
Tanker (uncredited)
Tommy Kelly
Casualty (uncredited)
Billy Lechner
Runner (uncredited)
William F. Leicester
Tank Destroyer Man (uncredited)
Martin Lowell
G.I. (uncredited)
Ian MacDonald
Army Colonel (uncredited)
John Mansfield
Casualty (uncredited)
Dewey Martin
G.I. Straggler (uncredited)
Jimmy Martin
G.I. from the South (uncredited)
Roger McGee
Tanker (uncredited)
Peter Michael
German Soldier (uncredited)
William Murphy
Non-Com (uncredited)
John Mylong
German Major (uncredited)
Tommy Noonan
G.I. Straggler (uncredited)
George Offerman Jr.
K Company G.I. (uncredited)
Jerry Paris
German Sergeant (uncredited)
Victor Paul
G.I. (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton
Sergeant (uncredited)
Janine Perreau
Little Girl (uncredited)
Phillip Pine
G.I. Non-Com (uncredited)
Albert Pollet
French Peasant Man (uncredited)
Bob Porter
G.I. (uncredited)
Otto Reichow
German Platoon Leader (uncredited)
John R. Reilly
Tanker Filling Up with Gas (uncredited)
Sammy Resnick
Non-Com (uncredited)
Jon Riffel
'Kipp' Kipton (uncredited)
Henry Rowland
German NCO (uncredited)
John Royce
German Soldier (uncredited)
Edmon Ryan
Major (uncredited)
Carl Saxe
101st Battalion Officer (uncredited)
Nelson Scott
G.I. (uncredited)
Irene Seidner
French Peasant Woman (uncredited)
William Self
K Company G.I. (uncredited)
Charles Smith
Walking Wounded (uncredited)
Ivan Triesault
German Captain (uncredited)
Max Trujillo
GI (uncredited)
Roland Varno
German Lieutenant (uncredited)
Tommy Walker
Mechanic (uncredited)
Arthur Walsh
G.I. (uncredited)
Frank Whitbeck
Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ward Wood
Replacement (uncredited)
Fred Zendar
German Soldier (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
The white "card suit" stencils on the sides of the soldier's helmets in the film are accurate. The WWII 101st Airborne Division used the different suits to identify their three parachute infantry (diamonds, hearts, and spades) and one glider infantry (clubs) regiments. A white "tic" at either the twelve, three, six or nine o'clock positions around the suit indicated Headquarters, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Battalions, respectively. The soldiers in "Battleground" wear the club suit of the 101st's 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, with a "tic" at the nine o'clock position, indicating they belong to that regiment's 3rd Battalion.
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20 veterans of the 101st Airborne who fought in the Bastogne area were hired to train the actors and were also used as extras.
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The American small units - companies and platoons - depicted did not actually exist. The glider infantry regiment assigned to the 101st Airborne Division was the 327th. When these glider infantry regiments were constituted in the early part of World War II, they had only two battalions. There was no third battalion in the regiment at the time of the battle of Bastogne. Instead, the first battalion of the 401st Glider Infantry Regiment was detailed to the command of the 327th. This meant that the glider infantry component of the 101st Airborne Division at this time had no "Item," "King," "Love," or "Mike" companies - the companies mentioned in this movie. This was done cleverly to avoid having any veterans of the 101st come forward to say something like: "I was in Item Company at Bastogne, and no such thing ever happened to us."
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Goofs
When the Colonel leaves the meeting with the German officers, discussing the surrender demand, the jeep he is in takes off without a driver at the wheel.
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Towards the end of the movie, one of the troopers takes out a grenade and places it next to his foxhole with the bottom facing towards the camera. Even though the editors made a smear mark on the film in an obvious attempt to hide it, you can plainly see that the genuine war surplus grenade had a large hole drilled its bottom.
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At the beginning of the movie Holley (Van Johnson) enters the tent wearing a class A uniform. Although currently worn above the ribbon rack, at the time the film takes place, the Combat Infantryman Badge was worn on the left breast pocket, below the ribbons.
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Quotes
Sgt. Walowicz: I want three volunteers to go out on a patrol, you, you, and you. You're in charge, Holley.
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Pvt. Donald Jarvess: Only one thing gets me. When you work on a newspaper, I'd get those wire releases and know I was the first person in town who had the news, all the news. I guarantee you my wife knows what's going on in Bastogne. All I know is what's going on in the 2nd squad of the 3rd platoon of I company.
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Pvt. Donald Jarvess: Careful study of the most scientific instruments and maps leads me to believe that German bombers are over Bastonge, fog or no fog.
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Photos from cast
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