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Immortal Sergeant
Many heroic stories will come out of this war ... but there will never be a greater one than this !
During WWII, a corporal in the desert reminisces about the love he left behind and faces uncertainty about his strength as a leader.
- Original title
- Immortal Sergeant
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Apr 4, 2022 · via TMDB
Henry Fonda is a bit of a fish out of water in rather thin wartime effort. He is "Spence", a Canadian sent to fight in North Africa during WWII. When his sergeant "Kelly" (a creditable effort from Thomas Mitchell) comes a cropper and their convoy destroyed, he must lead his men through the desert to try and reach safety. Peppered within this rather onerous trek, we are shown retrospectives of the life he left behind with ("Valentine") Maureen O'Hara and the man she thinks she is going to marry "Tom" (Reginald Gardiner). O'Hara was much better with lively roles, she doesn't play very well here at all. The production is remarkably basic. There are plenty of sound stage desert scenes with back-projections going on, and there really is a distinct paucity of action until the last ten minutes or so. It's a morale-boosting effort for the folks back home in an USA yet to enter the fray, little more. Nothing much more to say... It's watchable, but forgettable.
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Henry Fonda
Corporal Colin Spence
Maureen O'Hara
Valentine Lee
Thomas Mitchell
Sergeant Kelly
Allyn Joslyn
Cassidy
Reginald Gardiner
Tom Benedict
Melville Cooper
Pilcher
Bramwell Fletcher
Symes
Morton Lowry
Cottrell
Peter Lawford
Soldier
Bess Flowers
Nightclub patron
John M. Stahl
Director
Lamar Trotti
Producer
Lamar Trotti
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