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05/11/1925 Romance, War, Drama 2h 31m
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The epic of the American doughboy!

Overview

The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.

  1. King Vidor

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. John Gilbert

    James 'Jim' Apperson

  2. Renée Adorée

    Melisande

  3. Hobart Bosworth

    Mr. Apperson

  4. Claire McDowell

    Mrs. Apperson

  5. Claire Adams

    Justyn Reed

  6. Robert Ober

    Harry Apperson

  7. Tom O'Brien

    Michael Olysius 'Bull' O'Hara

  8. Karl Dane

    'Slim' Jensen

  9. Rosita Marstini

    Melisande's Mother

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Reviews

A review by talisencrw
Written by talisencrw on 2016-08-04
Recently in approaching the milestone of seeing my 5,000th film (at least by my IMDb list of my shoddy recollections), I wanted to make it a very special film, so it was between the blus of this and 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'. That was a very special work too, but in retrospect, I felt this was an even finer film. I haven't seen much of Vidor's work (only 'The Champ', 'Hallelujah' and 'The Fountainhead'--all of which I greatly admired), but I knew he was a great American director to be reckoned with, for any cinephile worth his salt. Plus, I had always been intrigued by the then-sex sy...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$382,000.00

Revenue
$20,000,000.00

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