Main Cast: Preston S. Foster, Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix, Richard Conte, Anthony Quinn
Release Year: 1943
Country: US
Run Time: 93 minutes
Plot
20th Century-Fox's 1943 filmization of Richard Tregaskis' best-selling book Guadalcanal Diary does full justice to the spare, lean prose of Tregaskis' eyewitness account. The incidents in the "diary" are tied together by an off-screen narrator into a cohesive storyline. The principal characters in this wartime chronicle are marine sergeant Lloyd Nolan, chaplain Preston S. Foster, Mexican enlistee Anthony Quinn, and a Dodgers-lovin' Brooklynite, played by William Bendix. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
James Basevi - Art Director, Leland Fuller - Art Director, Islin Auster - Associate Producer, Lewis Seiler - Director, Fred Allen - Editor, David Buttolph - Composer (Music Score), Emil Newman - Musical Direction/Supervision, Charles G. Clarke - Cinematographer, Bryan Foy - Producer, Thomas K. Little - Set Designer, Fred J. Rode - Set Designer, Fred Sersen - Special Effects, Harry M. Leonard - Sound/Sound Designer, Jerry Cady - Screenwriter, Lamar Trotti - Screenwriter, Richard Tregaskis - Book Author
The film recounts the fight of the United States Marines in the Battle of Guadalcanal, which occurred only a year before the movie's release. While the film has notable battle scenes, its primary focus is on the characters and back stories of the Marines.
