
The Fighting 69th
1940, War, 1h 30m
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Scrappy Irish-American Private Jerry Plunkett (James Cagney) is brash and defiant as his regiment trains for war, provoking his superiors and playing the rebel. On the battlefield, however, he proves cowardly, placing the lives of his fellow soldiers at risk. Only Father Duffy (Pat O'Brien) is willing to give Plunkett another chance. As the stakes grow higher and the battlefields lay covered with the dead, his moment of truth may prove either heroic or disastrous.
Cast & Crew
James Cagney
Pvt. Jerry Plunkett
Pvt. Jerry Plunkett
Pat O'Brien
Father Duffy
Father Duffy
George Brent
Wild Bill Donovan
Wild Bill Donovan
Jeffrey Lynn
Joyce Kilmer
Joyce Kilmer
Alan Hale
Sgt. "Big Mike" Wynn
Sgt. "Big Mike" Wynn
Frank McHugh
Crepe Hanger Burke
Crepe Hanger Burke
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Oct 22, 2008This film is weird. Cagney is a brawler who becomes a coward in the face of war and gets half of his battalion killed. He finds religion, kills a bunch of Germans and redeems himself. It's Cagney so it's enjoyable, but you don't like his character and you never root for him. Very strange.cody f Super Reviewer
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