Sergeant York

Year:

1941

Duration:

134 min

Genres:

Biography | Drama | History | War

IMDB rate:

7.8

Director:

Howard Hawks

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 9 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1941-09-27

Filming Locations: Burro Flats, Simi Hills, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $1,400,000

Gross: $16,361,885 (USA) ( 1941)

Cast

Actor

Character

Margaret Wycherly

Sergeant York

Gary Cooper

Alvin C. York

Walter Brennan

Pastor Rosier Pile

Joan Leslie

Gracie Williams

George Tobias

'Pusher' Ross

Stanley Ridges

Major Buxton

Ward Bond

Ike Botkin

Noah Beery Jr.

Buck Lipscomb

June Lockhart

Rosie York

Dickie Moore

George York

Clem Bevans

Zeke

Howard Da Silva

Lem (as Howard da Silva)

Charles Trowbridge

Cordell Hull

Harvey Stephens

Captain Danforth

David Bruce

Bert Thomas

Carl Esmond

German Major (as Charles Esmond)

Joe Sawyer

Sergeant Early (as Joseph Sawyer)

Pat Flaherty

Sergeant Harry Parsons

Robert Porterfield

Zeb Andrews

Erville Alderson

Nate Tomkins

Murray Alper

But! Boy (uncredited)

James Anderson

Eb (uncredited)

Arthur Aylesworth

Marten - Bartender (uncredited)

Eugene Beday

Private (uncredited)

Sonny Bupp

Boy in Sunday School (uncredited)

James Bush

Private (uncredited)

Nat Carr

Reporter (uncredited)

Lucia Carroll

Saloon Girl (uncredited)

Lane Chandler

Corporal Savage (uncredited)

Elisha Cook Jr.

Piano Player (uncredited)

Clyde Cook

Cockney Soldier (uncredited)

Ray Cooke

Orderly (uncredited)

Roger Creed

Motorcycle Soldier (uncredited)

Jean Del Val

Marshal Foch

John Dilson

Reporter (uncredited)

Donald Douglas

Captain Tillman (uncredited)

Charles Drake

Scorer (uncredited)

Roland Drew

Officer (uncredited)

Frank Faylen

But! Boy (uncredited)

William Forrest

Officer (uncredited)

Arno Frey

German Soldier (uncredited)

Frederick Giermann

German Lieutenant (uncredited)

Jody Gilbert

Fat Woman (uncredited)

Joseph W. Girard

General John J. Pershing

Eddie Graham

Reporter (uncredited)

Kit Guard

Soldier on Rifle Range (uncredited)

William Haade

Card Player (uncredited)

Creighton Hale

Associated Press Man (uncredited)

Henry Hall

Mountaineer (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

Man at Church (uncredited)

Russell Hicks

General (uncredited)

George Irving

Harrison (uncredited)

Jane Isbell

Gracie's Sister (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson

General Duncan (uncredited)

Si Jenks

Man at Church (uncredited)

Edward Keane

Oscar of the Waldorf (uncredited)

Victor Kilian

Andrews (uncredited)

Joe King

Draft Board Chairman (uncredited)

Rita La Roy

Saloon Girl (uncredited)

Rolf Lindau

German Soldier (uncredited)

Al Lloyd

Reporter (uncredited)

Ted Mapes

Soldier in Trench (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

Beardsley (uncredited)

Tully Marshall

Uncle Lige (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

Reporter (uncredited)

Frank McGlynn Sr.

Mountaineer (uncredited)

Sammy McKim

Boy (uncredited)

Patrick McVey

Spoldier (uncredited)

Charles Middleton

Mountaineer (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Reporter (uncredited)

Frank Orth

Drummer (uncredited)

Steve Pendleton

Scorer (uncredited)

Jack Pennick

Corporal Cutting (uncredited)

Paul Phillips

Orderly (uncredited)

William 'Bill' Phillips

Sergeant (uncredited)

Mickey Rentschler

Zeb's Brother (uncredited)

Walter Sande

Sergeant on March (uncredited)

Wallace Scott

Spoldier (uncredited)

Dick Simmons

Marching Soldier (uncredited)

Edwin Stanley

Editor (uncredited)

Will Stanton

Cockney Soldier (uncredited)

Harry Strang

Sergeant (uncredited)

Kay Sutton

Saloon Girl (uncredited)

Ray Teal

Marching Soldier (uncredited)

Sigfrid Tor

German Soldier (uncredited)

Ralph Urmy

Soldier (uncredited)

Theodore von Eltz

Prison Camp Commander (uncredited)

Eddy Waller

Man at Church (uncredited)

Pat West

Sergeant (uncredited)

Lee 'Lasses' White

Luke - Target Keeper (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox

Sergeant (uncredited)

Guy Wilkerson

Tom (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

Turkey Shoot Participant (uncredited)

Douglas Wood

Major Hylan (uncredited)

William Yetter Sr.

German Soldier (uncredited)

Gig Young

Marching Soldier (uncredited)

Victor Zimmerman

Private (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The world premiere in New York City, New York on July 2, 1941 was attended by Alvin C. York and Gary Cooper, as well as producers Jesse L. Lasky and Hal B. Wallis and many well-known government and Army officials.

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Warner Brothers sought and obtained releases from other surviving members of Alvin C. York's platoon.

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This earned Walter Brennan his fourth Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and was the only time Brennan didn't take home the statuette.

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Goofs

When Gracie is showing Alvin their new home, she claims it was bought for Alvin by the people of Tennessee. It was, in fact, the Rotary Club of Nashville which provided the home and the surrounding land. The home was also not waiting for York upon his return from Europe as portrayed in the film. The club purchased the property in November 1919, a year after the war ended and after Alvin C. York and Gracie were already married. The couple did not move into the house until Valentine's Day 1922.

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York is called Sgt by officer who receives his captured soldiers and by the French who give him a medal. In New York at the Waldorf, his uniform coat sleeves show a corporal's insignia. Later, in TN, he is wearing a Sergeant's insignia on his uniform sleeve.

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At the rifle range, after the first shot, York is given 5 rounds. He shoots the first into the target which is then covered by a white round paster. Then he shoots the next four into the paster. When the target is checked by the range personnel, there are 5 holes in the paster instead of 4.

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Quotes

Alvin: What we done in France, we had to do. And some as done it, didn't come back, and that kind of thing ain't for buying and selling.

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Gracie Williams: Folks say you're no good, 'ceptin' for fighting and hell-raising.

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Rosie York: Ma, what're they fighin' for over there?

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