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Battleground

Movie (1949)

The film concentrates on the camaraderie and the divisions between the troops as they ready for the big offensive. Told in a taut narrative, the men of the 101st, led by Van Johnson, wait out the winter in the Ardennes forest to confront the German army in what would be the last major offensive of World War II. The men are demoralized and trapped, with no hope of support from the Allies.

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Released:	Nov 9th, 1949
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Battleground Main Cast

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Van Johnson
plays Holley

John Hodiak
plays Jarvess

Ricardo Montalban
plays Roderigues

George Murphy
plays 'Pop' Stazak

Marshall Thompson
plays Jim Layton

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Movie Trivia/Goofs

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Movie Goof (factual errors): Near the end when the sky's clear we see fighter planes diving they show a F4U Corsair dropping napalm. The Corsair was only flown by navy and marine pilots, and only in the pacific theater.
In an interview released shortly after the film came out James Whitmore said that he based his appearance and his attitude partly on Bill Mauldin's famous "Willie and Joe" cartoons that appeared in the "Stars and Stripes" newspaper, popular with servicemen during WW2.
As mentioned on the DVD sleeve notes,after the battle depicted in this movie, the division's soldiers became known as "the battered bastards of Bastogne".
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 7, 1954 with Van Johnson and George Murphy reprising their film roles.

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