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Pride of the Marines is a american film of genre Drama directed by Delmer Daves released in USA on 24 august 1945 with John Garfield

Pride of the Marines (1945)

Pride of the Marines
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Released in USA 24 august 1945
Length 2h
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    War,    Biography,    Romance
Rating72% 3.6427853.6427853.6427853.6427853.642785

Pride of the Marines is a 1945 American biographical war film starring John Garfield and Eleanor Parker. It tells the story of U.S. Marine Al Schmid in World War II, his heroic stand against a Japanese attack during the Battle of Guadalcanal, in which he was blinded by a grenade, and his subsequent rehabilitation. The film was based on the Roger Butterfield book Al Schmid, Marine.

Albert Maltz was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay.

Synopsis

The film is divided in three parts. The first takes place prior to the war where cocky Philadelphia steel worker and "Man's man" Al Schmid (John Garfield) despises the idea of marriage and losing his independence until he meets his match in Ruth Hartley (Eleanor Parker). Ruth takes no nonsense from him and impresses Schmid by enjoying a hunting trip he takes her on.

Actors

John Garfield

(Albert Schmid)
Eleanor Parker

(Ruth Hartley)
Dane Clark

(Lee Diamond)
John Ridgely

(Jim Merchant)
Ann Doran

(Ella Mae Merchant)
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