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The Red Beret (aka The Red Devils, The Big Jump and retitled Paratrooper for the US release) is a 1953 Technicolor British war film directed by Terence Young and starring Alan Ladd, Leo Genn and Susan Stephen.
The Red Beret is the fictional story about an American who enlists in the British Parachute Regiment in 1940, claiming to be a Canadian. It is notable as the first film made by Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli's Warwick Films, with many of the crew later working on various films for Warwick Films and Broccoli's Eon Productions. It is partly based on the 1950 non-fiction book with the same title written by Hilary Saint George Saunders, about the Parachute Regiment and its first operation, Operation Biting, in February 1942.
Original Release
08/11/1953
US Release
12/30/1953
Cast
Name | Character |
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Alan Ladd | Steve 'Canada' McKendrick / Canada |
Leo Genn | Major J. Snow / Major Snow |
Susan Stephen | Penny Gardner |
Harry Andrews | R.S.M. |
Donald Houston | Taffy |
Patric Doonan | Flash |
Stanley Baker | Breton |
Lana Morris | Pinky |
Tim Turner | Rupert |
Michael Kelly | Dawes |
Directors
Writers
Richard Maibaum, Frank S. Nugent, Sy Bartlett, Hilary St George Saunders
Cast
Name | Character |
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Alan Ladd | Steve 'Canada' McKendrick / Canada |
Leo Genn | Major J. Snow / Major Snow |
Susan Stephen | Penny Gardner |
Harry Andrews | R.S.M. |
Donald Houston | Taffy |
Patric Doonan | Flash |
Stanley Baker | Breton |
Lana Morris | Pinky |
Tim Turner | Rupert |
Michael Kelly | Dawes |
Anton Diffring | The Pole |
Thomas Heathcote | Alf |
Carl Duering | Rossi |
John Boxer | Flight Sergeant Box / Flight Sgt. Box |
Harry Locke | Medical Orderly |
Michael Balfour | American Sergeant |
Guido Lorraine | German Officer |
Dermot Palmer | Dakota Pilot |
George Margo | American Crewman |
Richard Ford | Wellington Pilot |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Anthony Bushell | Producer |
Irving Allen | Producer |
Albert R. Broccoli | Producer |