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Rating: 8 stars

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All movies seen on 05/27/2012

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Sergeant York (1941)

Directed by Howard Hawks

Action | Biography | Drama

Overview

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.

Rated NR | Length 134 minutes

Actors

Gary Cooper | Walter Brennan | Joan Leslie | George Tobias | Stanley Ridges | Margaret Wycherly | Ward Bond | Noah Beery Jr. | June Lockhart | Dickie Moore | Clem Bevans | Howard Da Silva | Charles Trowbridge | Harvey Stephens | David Bruce | Carl Esmond | Joe Sawyer | Pat Flaherty | Robert Porterfield | Erville Alderson | Murray Alper | Frank Faylen | James Anderson | Arthur Aylesworth | Eugene Beday | James Bush | Victor Zimmerman | Sonny Bupp | Sammy McKim | Nat Carr | John Dilson | Eddie Graham | Al Lloyd | Frank Mayo | Jack Mower | Lucia Carroll | Rita La Roy | Kay Sutton | Lane Chandler | Jack Pennick | Elisha Cook Jr. | Clyde Cook | Will Stanton | Ray Cooke | Paul Phillips | Roger Creed | Jean Del Val | Donald Douglas | Charles Drake | Steve Pendleton | Roland Drew | William Forrest | Arno Frey | Rolf Lindau | Sigfrid Tor | William Yetter Sr. | Frederick Giermann | Jody Gilbert | Joseph W. Girard | Russell Hicks | Selmer Jackson | Kit Guard | Ted Mapes | William Haade | Creighton Hale | Henry Hall | Frank McGlynn Sr. | Charles Middleton | Herbert Heywood | Si Jenks | Robert Milasch | Eddy Waller | George Irving | Jane Isbell | Edward Keane | Victor Kilian | Joe King | Frank Marlowe | Tully Marshall | Patrick McVey | Wallace Scott | Frank Orth | William 'Bill' Phillips | Harry Strang | Pat West | Frank Wilcox | Walter Sande | Mickey Rentschler | Dick Simmons | Ray Teal | Gig Young | Edwin Stanley | Theodore von Eltz | Lee 'Lasses' White | Guy Wilkerson | Tom Wilson | Douglas Wood

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Directed by the great Howard Hawks, this role won Gary Cooper a well-deserved Oscar. Strange how I’d never seen this movie before, but have known about it for so long it seemed as if I had.

It’s a long movie and spends a lot of time on York’s back story leading up to his participation in World War I. It’s still very enjoyable to watch though.

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