The Fighting Sullivans (1944)
THEY MET LIFE - AND GLORY - IN ONE BLINDING FLASH!!
The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and of World War II and their eventual deaths in action in the Pacific theater are chronicled in this film based on a true story.
- Date of release
- 1944-02-03
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (25)
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Director
- Lloyd Bacon
Casting
- Anne Baxter — Katherine Mary Sullivan
- Thomas Mitchell — Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan
- Selena Royle — Mrs. Alleta Sullivan
- Edward Ryan — Albert Leo 'Al' Sullivan
- Trudy Marshall — Genevieve 'Gen' Sullivan
- John Campbell — Francis Henry 'Frank' Sullivan
- James Cardwell — George Thomas Sullivan
- John Alvin — Madison Abel 'Matt' Sullivan
- George Offerman, Jr. — Joesph Eugene 'Joe' Sullivan
- Roy Roberts — Father Francis
- Ward Bond — Lt. Cmdr. Robinson
- Nancy June Robinson — Genevieve, as a child (uncredited)
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
The Fighting Sullivans, originally released as The Sullivans, is a 1944 American biographical war film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Edward Doherty, Mary C. McCall Jr., and Jules Schermer. It was nominated for a now-discontinued Academy Award for Best Story.
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