Directed by:
Budd BoetticherScreenplay:
John Michael HayesCinematography:
Maury GertsmanCast:
Jeff Chandler, Alex Nicol, Charles Drake, Judith Braun, Sidney Poitier, Jacqueline Duval, Hugh O'Brian, Jack Warden, Cindy Garner, Richard Garland, Jack Kelly (more)Plots(1)
August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton's Third Army has advanced so far toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. To keep up the momentum, Allied HQ establishes an elite military truck route. One (racially integrated) platoon of this Red Ball Express encounters private enmities, bypassed enemy pockets, minefields, and increasingly perilous missions, leavened by a touch of comedy. (official distributor synopsis)
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