Top billed cast

1. 

   Burgess Meredith

   Ernie Pyle

2. 

   Robert Mitchum

   Bill Walker

3. 

   Freddie Steele

   Sgt. Steve Warnicki

4. 

   Wally Cassell

   Pvt. Dondaro

5. 

   Jimmy Lloyd

   Pvt. Spencer

6. 

   John R. Reilly

   Pvt. Robert 'Wingless' Murphy

7. 

   William Murphy

   Private Mew

8. 

   Dorothy Coonan Wellman

   Nurse Lt. Elizabeth 'Red' Murphy (uncredited)

9. 

   William Benedict

   Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-07-21

A little like Australian wartime reporter Damien Parer, this story of a renowned American equivalent is also something that makes us realise just how perilous the job of correspondent really was. This film focuses on the segment of Ernie Pyle’s career when he (Burgess Meredith) joins an American company moving from North Africa to be at the vanguard of the invasion of Italy. He is paired up with Lt. Walker (Robert Mitchum) and across those gruesome theatres of war he reports honestly to his readers at home whilst befriending many of the war-weary soldiers. The production is interspersed with...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• journalist
• army
• italian
• world war ii
• infantry
• us army
• northern africa
• reporter