A Walk in the Sun (1945) colorized

A Walk in the Sun (1945) colorized

„A Walk in the Sun“ is a 1945 Black & White war film directed by Lewis Milestone. The screenplay by Robert Rossen is based on Harry Brown’s 1944 novel of the same name.

In September 1943, A landing barge carries fifty-three soldiers comprising a lead Platoon of the Texas Division to the upcoming Allied invasion of Italy on a beach near Salerno, Italy. Platoon leader, Lieutenant Rand, is wounded. Platoon Sergeant Pete Halverson takes over command and orders Sgt. Eddie Porter to lead the men to the beach while he tries to find the company commander and confirm their orders.

First aid man McWilliams remains with Rand, and the rest of the men hit the beach and dig in while trying to elude the shelling and machine-gun fire. Sgt. Bill Tyne learns from McWilliams that both Rand and Halverson are dead before, McWilliams is shot by an enemy airplane.

Sgt. Hoskins, the senior surviving NCO is hit, forcing Porter as the next senior NCO to take command.

Porter, Tyne and Sgt. Ward then lead the men in three squads along a road toward their objective, a bridge that they are to blow up that is near a farmhouse. Enemy aircraft appear and one of them strafes the platoon as they run for cover. Some of the men are killed and Pvt. Smith is wounded.

Two retreating Italian soldiers surrender and warn the platoon that the area is controlled by German troops, and soon after, the platoon meets a small reconnaissance patrol of American soldiers.

Machine gunner Pvt. Rivera and his pal, Pvt. Jake Friedman, razz each other, Porter begins to break down and tells Sgt. „Farmer“ Ward that he is putting Tyne in charge. Tyne’s quick thinking prevails when a German armored car approaches, and the men blast the car with grenades and machine-gun fire. The bazooka men blow up two tanks and another armored car.

Tyne leaves a Pvt. Johnson to guard the still-crying Porter, while putting PFC. Windy Craven, a calm, introspective soldier, in charge of his squad.

Tyne pushes on. The men finally reach the farmhouse, but a small patrol led by Ward are shot at by the Germans, and two men are killed.

Tyne sends two patrols, headed by Ward and Windy, to circle around the farm via the river and blow up the bridge, then orders Rivera to strafe the house while he leads a column of men in an attack, hoping to distract the Germans. Tyne’s sight blurs as he crawls toward the house, and he comes across the body of Tim Rankin, still cradling his beloved Tommy-gun.

The bridge is blown up, and despite heavy losses, including Pvt. Archimbeau, the platoon captures the house. Then, at exactly noon, Windy, Ward and the remaining men wander through the house as Farmer fulfills his dream of eating an apple and Tyne adds another notch to the butt of Rankin’s pet Tommy-gun.

Cast:

• Dana Andrews – Sgt. Bill Tyne
• Richard Conte – Pvt. Rivera
• George Tyne – Pvt. Jake Friedman
• John Ireland – Pfc. Windy Craven
• Lloyd Bridges – Sgt. Ward
• Sterling Holloway – McWilliams
• Norman Lloyd – Pvt. Archimbeau
• Herbert Rudley – Sgt. Eddie Porter
• Richard Benedict – Pvt. Tranella
• Huntz Hall – Pvt. Carraway
• James Cardwell – Sgt. Hoskins
• George Offerman Jr. – Pvt. Tinker
• Steve Brodie – Pvt. Judson
• Matt Willis – Sgt. Pete Halverson
• Christian Drake – Rankin
• Alvin Hammer – Johnson
• Victor Cutler – Cousins
• Jay Norris – James
• John Kellogg – Riddle
• Jack Sterling – Adams
• Harry Leonard – Cook
• Harry Cline – Cpl. Kramer
• Don Summers – Dugan
• Tony Dante – Giorgio
• Foster H. Phinney – Horn
• John Laurenz – Italian
• Gus Lombardo – Italian
• Robert Horton – Jack
• Luis Rosado – Joe
• Dick Daniels – Long
• Robert Lowell – Lt. Rand
• Mickey Novak – Miles
• Ray Elder – Monty
• Burgess Meredith – Narrator (voice)
• Malcolm O’Guinn – Phelps
• George Turner – Reconnaissance Motorcycle Driver
• Henry Vroom – Ross
• Russ Randall – Roy
• Ed Roge – Sam
• Grant Maiben – Smith
• James Base – Soldier
• Fred Carpenter – Soldier
• Dan Cassell – Soldier
• Jack Ellis – Soldier
• Richard Elmore – Soldier
• Bennett Green – Soldier
• Tommy Hagan – Soldier
• Orn Huntington – Soldier
• Billy Lord – Soldier
• Larry Murphy – Soldier
• Ted O’Shea – Soldier
• Dan Quigg – Soldier
• Joe Roach – Soldier
• Jerome Root – Soldier
• Fred Sanders – Soldier
• Jerry Sheldon – Soldier
• Bob Wolfe – Soldier
• Robert Wright – Ted
• Danny Desmond – Trasker

„Landung in Salerno“ (A Walk in the Sun) ist ein Kriegsfilm in Schwarz-Weiß aus dem Jahr 1945 unter der Regie von Lewis Milestone. Das Drehbuch von Robert Rossen basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Roman von Harry Brown aus dem Jahr 1944.

Im September 1943 bringt ein Landungsboot dreiundfünfzig Soldaten eines Führungszuges der Texas-Division zur bevorstehenden Invasion der Alliierten in Italien an einen Strand in der Nähe von Salerno, Italien. Der Anführer des Zugs, Leutnant Rand, wird verwundet. Platoon Sergeant Pete Halverson übernimmt das Kommando und befiehlt Sgt. Eddie Porter, die Männer zum Strand zu führen, während er versucht, den Kompaniechef zu finden und ihre Befehle zu bestätigen.

Der Sanitäter McWilliams bleibt bei Rand, und der Rest der Männer geht an den Strand und verschanzt sich, während sie versuchen, dem Granatenbeschuss und dem Maschinengewehrfeuer zu entgehen. Sgt. Bill Tyne erfährt von McWilliams, dass sowohl Rand als auch Halverson tot sind, bevor McWilliams von einem feindlichen Flugzeug abgeschossen wird.

Sgt. Hoskins, der ranghöchste überlebende Unteroffizier, wird getroffen, so dass Porter als nächster ranghöchster Unteroffizier das Kommando übernehmen muss.