Fireball Forward (1972)
A hard-nose general takes over a division with a bad combat record.
- Date of release
- 1972-03-05
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Action, Drama, War, TV Movie
- Director
- Marvin J. Chomsky
Casting
- Ben Gazzara — Maj. Gen Joe Barrett
- Ricardo Montalban — Jean Duval
- Anne Francis — Helen Sawyer
- Dana Elcar — Col. Talbot
- Edward Binns — Corps Commander
- Morgan Paull — Sgt. Andrew Collins
- Curt Lowens — Capt. Bauer
- L.Q. Jones — Maj. Larkin
- Eddie Albert — Col. Douglas Graham
- Robert Patten — Col. Avery
- Richard Yniguez — Capt. Tony Sanchez
- Kenneth Tobey — Gen. Dawson
Interesting facts
Fireball Forward is a 1972 American made-for-TV movie. It was directed by Marvin J. Chomsky and written by Edmund H. North. It was produced by Frank McCarthy who called it "son of Patton": it follows a hard luck Army division in 1944 France, and the General who must lick it into shape. The film was a pilot for a proposed TV series.
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