The Road to Glory (1936)
THE STRANGEST DRAMA EVER FILMED!
The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are killed and replaced jaunty Lt. Denet becomes more and more somber. His rival for the affection of nurse Monique is Capt. La Roche.
- Date of release
- 1936-09-04
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Howard Hawks
Casting
- Fredric March — Lieutenant Michel Denet
- Warner Baxter — Captain Paul La Roche
- Lionel Barrymore — Papa La Roche / Pvt. Morin
- June Lang — Monique La Coste - nurse
- Gregory Ratoff — Pipe-smoking whistling sgt
- Victor Kilian — LaRoche's tall sgt
- Paul Stanton — Relief captain
- John Qualen — Duflous
- Julius Tannen — Lieutenant Tannen
- Theodore von Eltz — Major
- Paul Fix — Rigaud
- Leonid Kinskey — Ledoux
Interesting facts
The Road to Glory is a 1936 American war drama film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Fredric March, Warner Baxter, Lionel Barrymore and June Lang, and produced by 20th Century Fox. It is a depiction of World War I trench warfare in France. It is vaguely inspired by Roland Dorgelès’ 1919 novel and Raymond Bernard’s 1932 film Les Croix de Bois, though the film credits do not mention them.
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