Battleground
“The First Great Picture Of The Second World War!”
Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy fire. The men try to rebuff another series of Nazi attacks, but what they really need is a change in the weather. Without clear skies, they'll never get the air support they need.
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Cast
20 people
Van Johnson
Holley
Known for
The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Caine Mutiny
John Hodiak
Jarvess
Known for
Lifeboat
Somewhere in the Night
Ricardo Montalban
Roderigues
Known for
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
George Murphy
'Pop' Stazak
Known for
For Me and My Gal
Marshall Thompson
Jim Layton
Known for
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
Fiend Without a Face
Jerome Courtland
Abner Spudler
Known for
The Man from Colorado
Don Taylor
Standiferd
Known for
Stalag 17
The Naked City
Bruce Cowling
Wolowicz
Known for
Song of the Thin Man
Devil's Doorway
James Whitmore
Kinnie
Known for
The Shawshank Redemption
Planet of the Apes
Douglas Fowley
'Kipp' Kippton
Known for
Singin' in the Rain
From Noon Till Three
Leon Ames
The Chaplain
Known for
Mister Ed
Meet Me in St. Louis
Herbert Anderson
Hansan
Known for
I Bury the Living
Night Passage
William A. Wellman Director · Robert Pirosh Screenplay Lennie Hayton Composer
Worldwide gross $6.3M · Budget $1.6M · United States release November 9, 1949
Box office
Budget
$1,631,000
Worldwide gross
$6,269,000
Gross vs. budget
3.8×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
Loew's
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Czech · English · French · German
Release dates
Sweden · November 9, 1949
Theatrical
United States · November 9, 1949
Theatrical
Austria
April 1, 1958 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1950 · Theatrical
Germany
April 10, 1958 · Theatrical
Ireland
October 27, 1950 · Theatrical
Japan
October 6, 1950 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 22, 2009 · Physical · DVD
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