Battleground

Battleground

118 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, War | Nov. 9, 1949

Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy fire. The men try to rebuff another series of Nazi attacks, but what they really need is a change in the weather. Without clear skies, they'll never get the air support they need.

Battleground

118 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, War | Nov. 9, 1949

Battleground
Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy fire. The men try to rebuff another series of Nazi attacks, but what they really need is a change in the weather. Without clear skies, they'll never get the air support they need.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's
Original title Battleground
Directors William A. Wellman
Writers Robert Pirosh

Cast

Van Johnson

as Holley

John Hodiak

as Jarvess

Ricardo Montalban

as Roderigues

George Murphy

as 'Pop' Stazak

Marshall Thompson

as Jim Layton

Jerome Courtland

as Abner Spudler

Don Taylor

as Standiferd

Bruce Cowling

as Wolowicz

James Whitmore

as Kinnie

Douglas Fowley

as 'Kipp' Kippton

Leon Ames

as The Chaplain

Herbert Anderson

as Hansan

Denise Darcel

as Denise

Richard Jaeckel

as Bettis

James Arness

as Garby

Scotty Beckett

as William J. Hooper

Brett King

as Lieutenant Teiss

Bob Porter

as G.I. (uncredited)