The Fighting Sullivans (1944)

Synopsis: The wartime forerunner of the story told in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) is this emotionally gripping depiction of the Sullivan boys of Waterloo, Iowa. Amid all the tales of personal tragedy in WW... The wartime forerunner of the story told in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998) is this emotionally gripping depiction of the Sullivan boys of Waterloo, Iowa. Amid all the tales of personal tragedy in WW II, this one stands out. The five inseparable brothers enlisted together after Pearl Harbor and were all assigned to a battleship that ended up at Guadalcanal--where all five brothers died in action. A moving tribute to those who gave their lives in the last world war. [More]

Starring: Thomas Mitchell, Anne Baxter, Selena Royle, Ward Bond

Starring: Thomas Mitchell, Anne Baxter, Selena Royle, Ward Bond, Bobby Driscoll, Addison Richards, Trudy Marshall, John Campbell, James Cardwell, John Alvin, Roy Roberts, Edward Ryan, George Offerman

Director: Lloyd Bacon

Director: Lloyd Bacon
Screenwriter: Mary McCall
Producer: Sam Jaffe
Composer: Alfred Newman

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