Guadalcanal Diary

Guadalcanal Diary

93 mins | Drama, Action, War | Jan. 1, 1943

Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.

Guadalcanal Diary

93 mins | Drama, Action, War | Jan. 1, 1943

Guadalcanal Diary
Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Guadalcanal Diary
Directors Lewis Seiler
Writers Richard Tregaskis, Jerome Cady, Lamar Trotti

Cast

Preston Foster

as Father Donnelly

Lloyd Nolan

as Sgt. Hook Malone

William Bendix

as Corp. Taxi Potts

Richard Conte

as Capt. Davis

Anthony Quinn

as Jesus ('Soose') Alverez

Richard Jaeckel

as Pvt. Johnny ('Chicken') Anderson

Roy Roberts

as Capt. Jame Cross

Minor Watson

as Col Wallace E. Grayson

Ralph Byrd

as Ned Rowman

Lionel Stander

as Sgt. Butch

Reed Hadley

as War Correspondent/ Narrator

John Archer

as Lt. Thurmond

Eddie Acuff

as Pvt. Tex Mcllvoy (uncredited)

Warren Ashe

as Col. Morton (uncredited)

Martin Black

as Marine (uncredited)

Marion Carl

as Marine Pilot (uncredited)

Harry Carter

as Dispatch Officer (uncredited)

Tom Dawson

as Captain (uncredited)

Jason Evers

as Bit Role (uncredited)

Walter Fenner

as Col. Roper (uncredited)

Glenn Ford

as Marine Extra (uncredited)

Robert Ford

as Marine (uncredited)

Paul Fung

as Japanese Prisoner (uncredited)

Fred Graham

as Marine Listening to Baseball Game on Radio (uncredited)

Louis Hart

as Lieutenant (uncredited)

George Holmes

as Marine (uncredited)

Russell Hoyt

as Marine (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson

as Col. Thompson (uncredited)

Allen Jung

as Japanese Officer (uncredited)

Charles Lang

as Marine (uncredited)

Jack Luden

as Major (uncredited)

Miles Mander

as Weatherby (uncredited)

David Peters

as Marine (uncredited)

Bob Rose

as Sammy Kline (uncredited)

Larry Thompson

as Chaplain (uncredited)