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Sergeant York (1941)
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Reviews Counted: 19
Fresh: 16
Rotten:3
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 15 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A stirring biography of World War I hero Alvin York, SERGEANT YORK features Gary Cooper in one of his most famous roles as a wild, hard-drinking young man from rural Tennessee who finds religion and reforms after almost killing a man for... A stirring biography of World War I hero Alvin York, SERGEANT YORK features Gary Cooper in one of his most famous roles as a wild, hard-drinking young man from rural Tennessee who finds religion and reforms after almost killing a man for revenge. Alvin becomes a pillar of his community; when the war breaks out, he refuses to defy the Bible and kill the enemy, and his pacifist views prevent him from enlisting. However, after being drafted and put into combat, Alvin realizes that duty to his fellow soldiers and his country are important as well and succeeds in capturing more than 100 Germans almost single-handedly at the Battle of Argonne. A moving war drama that boasts an Academy Award-winning performance by Cooper, SERGEANT YORK is an affectionate look at a simpler time in U.S. history as well as an inspirational portrait of a true American hero. [More]
Starring: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, George Tobias, Noah Beery
Starring: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, George Tobias, Noah Beery, June Lockhart, Dickie Moore, Clem Bevans, Howard Da Silva
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Producer: Jesse L. Lasky
Composer: Max Steiner
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Reviews for Sergeant York
Moving, memorable, great Warner Bros. biography of WWI hero York, with fine Cooper performance--an Oscar winner.
Sergeant York brought him Hawks one and only Oscar nomination for Best Director, and it's arguably his least interesting film.
This is one of those movies where the star appears to have been born to play the role.
Setting a precedent by preseting the saga of a celeb sill alive, the Hawks biopic is a tale of transformation of an obscure Tennessee hillbilly into a national hero, thus showing the validity of the democratic credo that heroes are not born but made.
The breathless pace, the good script, and the mostly fine performances made me more forgiving of the dated aspects of this film. Overall, though, it's Gary Cooper's film.
The performance of Gary Cooper in the title role holds the picture together magnificently, and even the most unfavorable touches are made palatable because of him.
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