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Immortal Sergeant is a american film of genre Drama directed by John M. Stahl released in USA on 29 april 1943 with Henry Fonda
Immortal Sergeant (1943)
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Add to a movie listImmortal Sergeant is a 1943 American war film directed by John M. Stahl for 20th Century Fox. Set in the North African desert during World War II, it stars Henry Fonda as a corporal lacking in confidence in both love and war, Maureen O'Hara as his girlfriend, and Thomas Mitchell as the title character. The film was based on the novel of the same name by John Brophy.
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In North Africa, experienced Sergeant Kelly (Thomas Mitchell) leads out a British patrol, accompanied by Corporal Colin Spence (Henry Fonda), an unassertive Canadian. When they are attacked by Italian airplanes, they manage to shoot one down, but it crashes on one of their vehicles, killing eight men. Later, Kelly leads the six survivors on an attack of an Italian armored car, but is seriously wounded. He orders Spence to leave him behind; when Spence refuses to obey, he shoots himself.Actors
Henry Fonda
(Corporal Colin Spence)
Maureen O'Hara
(Valentine Lee)
Thomas Mitchell
(Sergeant Kelly)
Allyn Joslyn
(Cassidy)
Reginald Gardiner
(Tom Benedict)
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