A Walk in the Sun (1945) and The North Star (1943) DVD
A Walk in the Sun
Dana Andrews stars as Sgt. Tyne, a platoon squad leader in Italy who ends up assuming command of his platoon after a series of deaths. As they prepare to attack an isolated Nazi-held farmhouse, each of the infantymen reveals his true character as he dwells upon his background and contemplates the job at hand. The film's effectiveness lies in the non-cliched characterizations by a carefully chosen all-male cast. Huntz Hall of "East Side Kids" fame is particularly good in a scene wherein he argues over whether the human body or the leaf is the most complicated natural structure. Director Lewis Milestone's use of a ballad to link the action predates High Noon by some seven years.
Dana Andrews - Sgt. Tyne
Richard Conte - Rivera
John Ireland - Windy
Norman Lloyd - Archimbeau
George Tyne - Friedman
Lloyd Bridges - Sgt. Ward
Huntz Hall - Carraway
Herbert Rudley - Sgt. Porter
Sterling Holloway - McWilliams
Richard Benedict - Tranella
James B. Cardwell - Sgt. Hoskins
Chris Drake - Rankin
George Offerman - Tinker
Danny Desmond - Trasker
Victor Cutler - Cousin
Steve Brodie - Judson
Alvin Hammer - Johnson
Matt Willis - Sergeant Halverson
Robert Lowell - Lieutenant Rand
Tony Dante - Giorgio
Harry Cline - Cpl. Kramer
Dick Daniels - Long
John Kellogg - Riddle
Grant Maiben - Smith
Jay Norris - James
Malcolm O'Giuinn - Phelps
Ted Offenbecker - Tinker
Don Summers - Dugan
George Turner - Reconnaissance
The North Star
Kolya (Dana Andrews), Kurin (Walter Huston), Damian (Farley Granger), and Marina (Anne Baxter) are members of a farming collective in the Ukraine known as the North Star. The hard-working but happy members of the North Star find their way of life shattered when Germany, in defiance of previous treaties, storms the nation and begins a brutal occupation. Dr. Otto Von Harden (Erich Von Stroheim) begins gathering children -- who are to be used for blood transfusions and medical experiments. Many of the outraged farmers take to the hills to fight with the anti-Nazi resistance, while those who stay behind bravely destroy precious crops and materiel rather than turn them over to the Nazi war machine. Producer Samuel Goldwyn made The North Star at the request of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (whose son James was an executive at Goldwyn's studio).
Anne Baxter - Marina
Dana Andrews - Kolya
Walter Huston - Dr. Kurin
Walter Brennan - Karp
Farley Granger - Damian
Ann Harding - Sophia
Erich Von Stroheim - Dr. Otto Von Harden
Jane Withers - Claudia
Dean Jagger - Rodion
Eric Roberts - Grisha
Carl Benton Reid - Boris
Ann Carter - Olga
Ruth Nelson - Nadya
Paul Guilfoyle - Iakin
Martin Kosleck - Dr. Max Richter
Tonio Selwart - German Captain
Robert Lowery - Russian Pilot
Gene O'Donnell - Russian Gunner
Frank Wilcox - Petrov
Charley Bates - Petya
Florence Auer - Woman Farmer
John Bagni - Guard at Desk
Art Baker - Radio Voice [Voice]
Bill Borzage - Accordian Player in Wagon
Frederick Brunn
Lane Chandler
Edmund Cobb - Farmer
Grace Cunard - Farmer's Wife
Esther Dale - Anna
Emma Dunn
Martin Faust
Al Ferguson
Constant Franke - Boris' Aide
Inna Gest - Specialty Dancer
Ruth Gordon
Henry Hall
Tommy Hall
Teddy Infur - Little Stinker
John Judd - Farmer
Ilia Khmara - Accordion Player
Grace Lenard - Woman on Bridge
George Lynn - German Pilot
Jerry Mickelsen - Farmer's Son
William Nestell
Sarah Padden - Old Lady
Patricia Parks - Sonya
Jack Perrin
Minna Phillips - Old Lady in Wagon
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink - Doctor's Assistant
Clarence Straight - Young Men in Wagon
Harry Strang - Guerrilla
Ray Teal - German Motorcycle Officer
Joyce Tucker - Little Girl in Hospital
Bill Walker
Crane Whitley - German Soldier
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