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Battleground
Sign in to save1949 American war film directed by William A. Wellman
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Battleground is a 1949 American war, drama, and action film directed by William A. Wellman. Produced by Dore Schary and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the black-and-white movie features cast members Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalbán, and George Murphy. The narrative is set in Belgium and focuses on World War II. Robert Pirosh wrote the screenplay, with music by Lennie Hayton and cinematography by Paul Vogel.
The film has a runtime of 118 minutes. It was nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor. It received the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. The production design was handled by Cedric Gibbons, and the film was edited by John Dunning. It is also distributed via video on demand by Netflix.
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6.7Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy fire. The men try to rebuff another series of Nazi attacks, but what they really need is a change in the weather. Without clear skies, they'll never get the air support they need.
Cast
- Van Johnson as Holley
- John Hodiak as Jarvess
- Ricardo Montalban as Roderigues
- George Murphy as 'Pop' Stazak
- Marshall Thompson as Jim Layton
- Jerome Courtland as Abner Spudler
Themes
- world war ii
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- William A. Wellman
- Screenwriter
- Robert Pirosh
- Cast member
- Edmon Ryan
- Composer
- Lennie Hayton
- Producer
- Dore Schary
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Paul Vogel
- Narrative location
- Belgium
- Duration
- 113
- FilmAffinity ID
- 282865
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- Commons category
- Battleground (film)
- publication date
- 1950-01-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing
- film editor
- John Dunning
- title
- Battleground
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 78%
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