Film · 1941

Parachute Battalion

Name: Parachute Battalion
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1941-09-12
Rating: 6.3

75 min · Directed by Leslie Goodwins

Drama Romance

6.37
ratings

Thrill TO THE DRAMA OF UNCLE SAM'S NEW JUMP FIGHTERS!...

Pre-Pearl Harbor propaganda film about young Americans, from various social backgrounds, who undergo parachute training at Fort Benning prior to becoming paratroopers.

Cast

Robert Preston

Donald Morse

Edmond O'Brien

William Mayberry Burke

Buddy Ebsen

Jeff Hollis

Nancy Kelly

Kit Richards

Harry Carey

Bill Richards

Paul Kelly

Tex McBride

Richard Cromwell

Spence

Robert Barrat

Col. Burke

Edward Fielding

Chief Of Infantry

Erville Alderson

Pa Hollis

Kathryn Sheldon

Ma Hollis

Selmer Jackson

Thomas Morse

Grant Withers

Captain

Lee Bonnell

Private

R

Robert Smith

Private

Gayne Whitman

Staff Officer

Douglas Evans

Radio Announcer (voice)

Eddie Dunn

Recruiting Sergeant

Crew

Director: Leslie Goodwins
Producer: Howard Benedict
Writer: John Twist, Hugh Fite
Editor: Theron Warth
Cinematography: J. Roy Hunt
Art Direction: Van Nest Polglase
Composer: Roy Webb
Costume: Renié

Details

Studios: RKO Radio Pictures
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Release: September 12, 1941

Themes

paratrooper

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