Parachute Battalion (1941)
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Pre-Pearl Harbor propaganda film about young Americans, from various social backgrounds, who undergo parachute training at Fort Benning prior to becoming paratroopers.
- Date of release
- 1941-09-12
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Leslie Goodwins
Casting
- Robert Preston — Donald Morse
- Edmond O'Brien — William Mayberry Burke
- Buddy Ebsen — Jeff Hollis
- Nancy Kelly — Kit Richards
- Harry Carey — Bill Richards
- Paul Kelly — Tex McBride
- Richard Cromwell — Spence
- Robert Barrat — Col. Burke
- Edward Fielding — Chief Of Infantry
- Erville Alderson — Pa Hollis
- Kathryn Sheldon — Ma Hollis
- Selmer Jackson — Thomas Morse
Interesting facts
Parachute Battalion is a 1941 American war film directed by Leslie Goodwins and starring Robert Preston and Nancy Kelly. The supporting cast includes Edmond O'Brien, Harry Carey, and Buddy Ebsen. It was produced and distributed by RKO Pictures.
Production
From the signing of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 in the United States and American interest of military matters, Hollywood provided a rash of films in 1941 about the various branches of the US Armed Forces, both serious and comic.
In its entry in the genre, RKO sent a film crew to Fort Benning to film America's recently formed paratroopers of the 501st Parachute Infantry for their film. The founder of the American parachute troops General William C. Lee doubled for Robert Preston in some scenes.
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