Battleground
1949 · directed by William A. Wellman
- Rating
- 74/100
- Hit
- no
Members 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.
Battleground (1949), directed by William A. Wellman, rates 74/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Van Johnson
- John Hodiak
- Ricardo Montalban
- George Murphy
- Marshall Thompson
- Jerome Courtland
- Don Taylor
- Bruce Cowling
- James Whitmore
- Douglas Fowley
Crew
- Paul Vogel — Director of Photography
- John D. Dunning — Editor
- Lennie Hayton — Original Music Composer
- Robert Pirosh — Screenplay
More from William A. Wellman
- The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) — 84/100 · hit
- Yellow Sky (1948) — 83/100 · hit
- Wings (1927) — 83/100 · hit
- The Public Enemy (1931) — 81/100 · hit
- A Star Is Born (1937) — 79/100
- Wild Boys of the Road (1933) — 78/100
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