"Thrill TO THE DRAMA OF UNCLE SAM'S NEW JUMP FIGHTERS!..." 12 September 1941 Drama, Romance 75 mins
Pre-Pearl Harbor propaganda film about young Americans, from various social backgrounds, who undergo parachute training at Fort Benning prior to becoming paratroopers.
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Robert Preston as Donald Morse
Edmond O'Brien as William Mayberry Burke
Buddy Ebsen as Jeff Hollis
Nancy Kelly as Kit Richards
Harry Carey as Bill Richards
Paul Kelly as Tex McBride
Richard Cromwell as Spence
Robert Barrat as Col. Burke
Edward Fielding as Chief Of Infantry
Erville Alderson as Pa Hollis
Kathryn Sheldon as Ma Hollis
Selmer Jackson as Thomas Morse
Grant Withers as Captain
Lee Bonnell as Private
Robert Smith as Private
Gayne Whitman as Staff Officer
Leslie Goodwins Director
Howard Benedict Producer
Theron Warth Editor
John Twist Screenplay
J. Roy Hunt Director of Photography
Van Nest Polglase Art Direction
Hugh Fite Screenplay
Renié Costume Design
Vernon L. Walker Special Effects
Roy Webb Original Music Composer
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United States 14 August 1941
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17 October 1941
Henry Aldrich finds himself in a heated election for high-school class president.
17 January 1941
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10 November 1941
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07 August 1941
A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.
16 June 1941
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28 March 1941
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