Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Not part of a collection.
Go for Broke!
The story of Japanese-American soldiers who fought in Europe during World War II
A tribute to the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team, formed in 1943 by Presidential permission with Japanese-American volunteers. We follow the training of a platoon under the rueful command of Lt. Mike Grayson who shares common prejudices of the time. The 442nd serve in Italy, then France, distinguishing themselves in skirmishes and battles; gradually and naturally, Grayson's prejudices evaporate with dawning realization that his men are better soldiers than he is.
- Original title
- Go for Broke!
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- —
CinemaSerf
Mar 13, 2026 · via TMDB
As wartime propaganda exercises go, I thought this to be one of the better and often quite funny features. It celebrates the achievements the 442nd - a regiment formed of Japanese American soldiers and commanded, somewhat reluctantly, by “Grayson” (Van Johnson). Like many, even most, in the US Army he was sceptical of the skills and the loyalties of this band of squaddies, and his disdain was barely hidden towards them or towards his boss. These troops prove to quite a formidable bunch and gradually their efforts on the continent and in the Far East illustrate that they are a match for anyone. It’s that fact that “Grayson” gradually comes to realise as the war rumbles on and the fatalities start to impact on him more than he might ever have thought possible. It’s a fight against the Nazis and the Japanese, yes, but it’s also a fight against bigotry and racism at home and though it can resort to stereotyping now and again, it also demonstrates clearly that these citizens are no less American than than those who emanated from across the other ocean. It does have quite a light touch, often courtesy of their pet pig or with some really quite innovative use of the passwords and the oft-tapped telephones and by the conclusion we are under no doubt about the value of these valiant men, some of them real veterans, to the war effort - all whilst Johnson delivers quite charismatically, too. The wartime elements of the production aren't always the most convincing but I still quite enjoyed this.
User reviews courtesy of TMDB.
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Fandango At Home
FlixFling
Amazon Prime Video
fuboTV
MGM+ Amazon Channel
Philo
YouTube TV
MGM Plus
Pure Flix
Fandor Amazon Channel
FlixFling
FilmBox+
Amazon Prime Video with Ads
FilmBox Live Amazon Channel
Great American Pure Flix Amazon Channel
Artiflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Fandango At Home
FlixFling
Van Johnson
Michael Grayson
Henry Nakamura
Tommy
Warner Anderson
Charles Pence
Don Haggerty
Wilson Culley
Gianna Maria Canale
Rosina
Dan Riss
Captain Solari
Richard Anderson
Lieutenant (uncredited)
John Banner
German Officer (uncredited)
Hugh Beaumont
Chaplain (uncredited)
Ann Codee
Pianist (uncredited)
Edward Earle
Dress Parade General (uncredited)
Louis Mercier
French Farmer (uncredited)
Roger Moore
Major (uncredited)
Walter Reed
Captain (uncredited)
Dore Schary
Producer
Ensemble
Dead or Alive
Night and Fog
The Great Dictator
Paths of Glory
Saving Private Ryan
La Rafle du Vel d'Hiv, la honte et les larmes
A Bear Named Wojtek
The Great Escape
Downfall
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1900
Les Suppliques
Forbidden Games
The Liberation of Auschwitz
The Last Emperor
Gandhi
Ashes and Diamonds
Sophie's Choice
Closely Watched Trains
Seven Years in Tibet
A Bridge Too Far
Takva: A Man's Fear of God
The Enemy Below
I Saw a King
Starship Troopers
Arlington Road
The Tin Drum
Silent Barricade
Dark Blue World
Antonia's Line
Decision Before Dawn
The Great Love
The Bridge at Remagen
Taxidermia
Air Force
The Peaks of Zelengore
Shooting War
Zero Motivation
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Germans
Madonnas
Dune
Summer with Kuro
Triple Cross
Our Miss Fred
Fort Saganne
Malý partyzán
Keep 'Em Slugging
The Blood of Others
The Switch
SS-3: The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
Enchanted
Salaam Kashmier
Het Huis aan de Overkant
Los Alamos: The Beginning
Digging The Great Escape
City of Baseball
Der dritte Bruder
Bullets And Blueberries
Paths of Glory
All Quiet on the Western Front
Zulu
Darkest Hour
The Guns of Navarone
Sergeant York
Tora! Tora! Tora!
The Four Feathers
36 Hours
The Cruel Sea
The Dam Busters
Battle of the Bulge
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
The One That Got Away
Overlord
The Last Rifleman
The War Below
Radium Girls
Battleground
Exodus
The Long Voyage Home
They Were Expendable
Hell Is for Heroes
Fixed Bayonets!
The Way Ahead
Tobruk
Cast a Giant Shadow
The Devil's Brigade
Waiting for Anya
Operation Pacific
Blood on the Sun
May 4, 1951
