Story Of Gi Joe / Gi Joe, War Correspondent / War Correspondent

Tookey's Rating
	7 /10

Average Rating
	7.50 /10

Starring
Burgess Meredith , Robert Mitchum , Freddie Steele
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Directed by: William A. Wellman
Written by: Leopold Atlas, Guy Endore, Philip Stevenson from Ernie Pyle's book

Released:	1945

Genre:	DRAMA WAR WORLD WAR II

Origin:	US

Colour:	BW

Length:	109

A war correspondent (Burgess Meredith, pictured second right) reports the stories of ordinary soldiers at the front line, during World War II.

Reviewed by Chris Tookey

One of the most authentic combat films of all time, this is based on the front-line dispatches of a war journalist and noticeably avoids false heroics or jingoism - though not always sentimentality. It follows All Quiet On The Western Front (1930) and predates The Big Red One (1980) and Platoon (1986) in offering a worm's eye view of warfare as confusing, dirty and scary. Mitchum's role as Lieutenant Walker made him a star. The score, by Ann Ronell and Louis Applebaum, and the song "Linda" (music and lyrics by Ann Ronell) were Oscar-nominated.

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ACTION
ADVENTURE
ANIMATION
ANIMATION & LIVE ACTION
BIOPIC
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CARTOON
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COMEDY
COMIC STRIP
COSTUME
CRIME
DISASTER
DOCUMENTARY
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EPIC
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FOREIGN
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RITES-OF-PASSAGE
ROMANCE
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