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Play Sound Maybe if we dig deep we'll come up at Ebbets Field. Sure. I'm practically standing on second base right now. We lost four cruisers last night off Savo. We beat them off, though, but good. - And our casualties in Tulagi and Gavutu? - Heavy. The Japs fought to the last man.
Maybe if we dig deep we'll come up at Ebbets Field. Sure. I'm practically standing on second base right now. We lost four cruisers last night off Savo. We beat them off, though, but good. - And our casualties in Tulagi and Gavutu? - Heavy. The Japs fought to the last man.

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Description: The story of a large U.S. Marines invasion task force bound for Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1942.

Cast:
Father Donnelly: Preston Foster
Sgt. Hook Malone: Lloyd Nolan
Cpl. Taxi Potts: William Bendix
Capt. Davis: Richard Conte
Jesus ('Soose') Alvarez: Anthony Quinn
Pvt. Johnny ('Chicken') Anderson: Richard Jaeckel
Capt. James Cross: Roy Roberts
Col. Wallace E. Grayson: Minor Watson
Ned Rowman: Ralph Byrd
Sgt. Butch: Lionel Stander
War Correspondent: Reed Hadley
Lt. Thurmond: John Archer
Pvt. Tex Mcllvoy: Eddie Acuff
Col. Morton: Warren Ashe
Marine: David Peters
Marine Pilot: Marion Carl
Dispatch Officer: Harry Carter
Captain: Tom Dawson
Bit Role: Jason Evers
Col. Roper: Walter Fenner
Marine Extra: Glenn Ford
Japanese Prisoner: Paul Fung
Marine Listening to Baseball Game on Radio: Fred Graham
Lieutenant: Louis Hart
Col. Thompson: Selmer Jackson
Japanese Officer: Allen Jung
Major: Jack Luden
Weatherby: Miles Mander
Sammy Kline: Bob Rose
Chaplain: Larry Thompson

Written by: Richard Tregaskis, Lamar Trotti, Jerome Cady

Director: Lewis Seiler

Production: 20th Century Fox

Release date: 27 Oct 1943