The fighting 69th

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Statement of responsibility: Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. ; Jack L. Warner in charge of production ; a Warner Bros.-First National Picture ; executive producer, Hal B. Wallis ; associate producer, Louis F. Edelman ; original screen play by Norman Reilly Raine, Fred Niblo, Jr. and Dean Franklin ; directed by William Keighley

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Summary: The Fighting 69th" is a World War I regiment consisting mostly of New York-Irish soldiers. Jerry Plunkett is the cockiest member of a cocky crew. Jerry is a scrappy fellow who looks out only for himself. The officers and enlisted of the regiment do their best to instill discipline in Plunkett, and the chaplain, Father Duffy, tries to make Plunkett see the greater good. None of them seem to succeed. In the trenches, Plunkett acts selfishly and cowardly, eventually costing the lives of many of his fellow soldiers. A final act of cowardice leads to terrible consequences, but Plunkett sees in them a chance to redeem himself

Credits note: Director of photography, Tony Gaudio ; film editor, Owen Marks ; art director, Ted Smith ; sound by Charles Lang ; special effects by Byron Haskin, Rex Wimpy ; music by Adolph Deutsch ; orchestral arrangements, Hugo Friedhofer ; musical director, Leo F. Forbstein

PerformerNote: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn, Alan Hale, Dick Foran, William Lundigan, Frank McHugh, Dennis Morgan, John Litel, Harvey Stephens, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Henry O'Neill, Sammy Cohen, DeWolf Hopper, Tom Dugan, Frank Wilcox

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