The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Country: US
Technical: bw 108m
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Burgess Meredith, Freddie Steele
Synopsis:
War correspondent Ernie Pyle accompanies a squad of G.I.s from North Africa to Rome, their most critical trial being the siege of Monte Cassino.
Review:
Wellman's trailblazing war movie is an uneven mixture of realistic combat footage and echoing studio-bound action, but its most realistic feature is perhaps its portrayal of the utter monotony and squalour of campaigning: patrols depart and return, more or less depleted; soldiers sit, smoke and dream about girls; a sergeant repeatedly takes out and tries to play a zealously guarded gramophone recording of his infant son's first words. Mitchum and Meredith strike the expected poses, but as anti-war movies go, this is in the end just a bit lacking in, well, action.
Country: US
Technical: bw 108m
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Burgess Meredith, Freddie Steele
Synopsis:
War correspondent Ernie Pyle accompanies a squad of G.I.s from North Africa to Rome, their most critical trial being the siege of Monte Cassino.
Review:
Wellman's trailblazing war movie is an uneven mixture of realistic combat footage and echoing studio-bound action, but its most realistic feature is perhaps its portrayal of the utter monotony and squalour of campaigning: patrols depart and return, more or less depleted; soldiers sit, smoke and dream about girls; a sergeant repeatedly takes out and tries to play a zealously guarded gramophone recording of his infant son's first words. Mitchum and Meredith strike the expected poses, but as anti-war movies go, this is in the end just a bit lacking in, well, action.
Country: US
Technical: bw 108m
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Burgess Meredith, Freddie Steele
Synopsis:
War correspondent Ernie Pyle accompanies a squad of G.I.s from North Africa to Rome, their most critical trial being the siege of Monte Cassino.
Review:
Wellman's trailblazing war movie is an uneven mixture of realistic combat footage and echoing studio-bound action, but its most realistic feature is perhaps its portrayal of the utter monotony and squalour of campaigning: patrols depart and return, more or less depleted; soldiers sit, smoke and dream about girls; a sergeant repeatedly takes out and tries to play a zealously guarded gramophone recording of his infant son's first words. Mitchum and Meredith strike the expected poses, but as anti-war movies go, this is in the end just a bit lacking in, well, action.