Main Cast: Ben Gazzara, Ricardo Montalban, Anne Francis, Dana Elcar, Edward Binns
Release Year: 1972
Country: US
Run Time: 100 minutes
Plot
Outtakes and stock footage from the 1970 Oscar-winner Patton were utilized to flesh out the made-for-TV Fireball Forward, which was the brainchild of Patton producer Frank McCarthy. Ben Gazzara plays a fictional American general obviously patterned on "Old Blood And Guts". Gazzara suspects that there's a Nazi sympathizer in his ranks, and dedicates himself to ferreting out the traitor. One thing Fireball Forward has that Patton didn't is a romantic interest; Anne Francis plays the girl Worth Fighting For. Scripted by Edmund H. North (another Patton) alumnus, Fireball Forward, which first aired March 5, 1972, was the 2-hour pilot for an unsold television series. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Morgan Paull - Sgt. Andrew Collins; Eddie Albert - Col. Douglas Graham; Stanley Beck - MP Sgt.; John Gruber - Doctor; Hank Jones - MP Private; Curt Lowens - Capt. Bauer; Robert Patten - Col. Avery; Kenneth Tobey - Gen. Dawson; Richard Yniguez - Capt. Tony Sanchez; L.Q. Jones - Maj. Larkin; Joseph Perry - 1st GI; Bob Golden - Sergeant; Dick Valentine - Col. Fowler; Don Eitner - Sgt. Brock; Buck Holland - 2nd GI; Daniel Keough - Supply Sergeant; Neil J. Schwartz - Cook; Jerry Forgel - Signal Corpsman; Henry Brown Jr. - Wounded Soldier; Klair Bybee - 1st Lieutenant; James Secrest - Signal Corps Sgt.; Ilze Taurina - Mme. Accard; Brent Davis - 2nd Lieutenant
Credit
Jack Martin Smith - Art Director, Bill Malley - Art Director, Marvin J. Chomsky - Director, Harry Coswick - Editor, Pembroke J. Herring - Editor, Charles Freeman - Editor, Lionel Newman - Composer (Music Score), Robert L. Morrison - Cinematographer, Frank McCarthy - Producer, Paul Anka - Singer, Edmund H. North - Screenwriter
