Parachute Battalion
1941 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
In this pre-Pearl Harbor recruiting poster, colonel's estranged son Bill Burke, football hero Donald Morse, and hillbilly Jeff Hollis enlist in the paratroopers. Their training at Fort Benning, Georgia is followed in semi-documentary style, with time out for personal dramas and the romantic rivalry of Bill and Don over the sergeant's daughter.
Direction Leslie Goodwins
Cast Robert Preston · Nancy Kelly · Edmond O'Brien · Harry Carey · Buddy Ebsen · Paul Kelly · Richard Cromwell · Robert Barrat · Edward Fielding · Erville Alderson · Selmer Jackson
Soundtrack Roy Webb
Screenplay John Twist · Hugh Fite
Cinematography J. Roy Hunt
Original title Parachute Battalion
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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