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The Fighting 69th (1940)
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Reviews Counted:4
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Rotten:1
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Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: A made-for-Cagney part as a cocky Brooklyn kid who likes nothing better than a fight. He gets all he can handle as a member of "The Fighting 69th," the celebrated Irish-American unit that goes... A made-for-Cagney part as a cocky Brooklyn kid who likes nothing better than a fight. He gets all he can handle as a member of "The Fighting 69th," the celebrated Irish-American unit that goes "over there" and into the trenches of World War I. His bravado melts as the Kaiser's guns rain death onto the Allied positions. A fine blend of fighting action, humor and real emotion. Avoid colorized version. [More]
Starring: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn
Starring: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn, Frank McHugh, Dennis Morgan, Alan Hale, William Lundigan, Dick Foran, Guinn Williams, Henry O'Neill, John Litel
Director: William Keighley
Director: William Keighley
Screenwriter: Norman Reilly Raine, Fred Niblo, Dean Franklin
Composer: Adolph Deutsch
Reviews for The Fighting 69th
The Fighting 69th...may become a gushy tearjerker by its end, but you can't argue that its heart isn't in the right place.
In one of his few war films, Cagney displays his "specialty" of explosive energy, as a despicable Irishman, who initially sneers at the regiment's traditions but then learns the hard way the mistakes of his cowardice and irresponsibility.
A sentimental recruiting poster account of the famed First World War New York National Guard division of mostly Irish-Americans.
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