Parachute Battalion

• Director: Leslie Goodwins
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: War
• Movie Type: War Drama
• Themes: Military Life, Love Triangles
• Main Cast: Robert Preston, Edmond O'Brien, Nancy Kelly, Harry Carey, Buddy Ebsen
• Release Year: 1941
• Country: US
• Run Time: 75 minutes

Plot

In this patriotic war drama, a unit of Army recruits train for a parachute corps. One is an arrogant football star who finds jumping a kick. Another is a coward who eventually finds his courage. Finally there is a chronic bumbler. The coward and jock find themselves competing for the affections of an indecisive young woman. The filmmakers of this movie paid careful attention to detail and was made with the cooperation of the 501st Parachute Battalion at Fort Benning, Georgia using actual paratroopers. The viewer is taken through every stage of a jump including folding the chute at the beginning. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Robert Preston - Donald Morse
• Edmond O'Brien - Bill Burke
• Nancy Kelly - Kit Richards
• Harry Carey - Bill Richards
• Buddy Ebsen - Jeff Hollis

Paul Kelly - Tex; Richard Cromwell - Spence; Robert H. Barrat - Col. Burke; Erville Alderson - Pa Hollis; Edward Fielding - Chief of Infantry; Selmar Jackson - Thomas Morse; Grant Withers - Captain; Jack Briggs - Private; Walter Sande - Medical Officer; Kathrun Sheldon - Ma Hollis; Lee Bonnell - Private; Robert Smith - Private; Gayne Whitman - Staff Officer; Douglas Evans - Radio Announcer; Eddie Dunn - Recruiting Officer

Credit

Renie - Costume Designer, Leslie Goodwins - Director, Theron Warth - Editor, Roy Webb - Composer (Music Score), Herman Ruby - Songwriter, Harry S. Webb - Songwriter, Carroll Clark - Production Designer, Van Nest Polglase - Production Designer, Roy Hunt - Cinematographer, Howard Benedict - Producer, Vernon Walker - Special Effects, Derek N. Twist - Screenwriter, Maj. Hugh Fite - Screenwriter, John Twist - Screenwriter

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