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A pivotal work by Stanley Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange), PATHS OF GLORY is among the most powerful antiwar films ever made. A fiery Kirk Douglas (Ace in the Hole, Spartacus) stars as a French colonel serving in World War I who goes head-to-head with the army's ruthless top brass when his men are accused of cowardice after being unable to carry out an impossible mission. This haunting, exquisitely photographed dissection of the military machine in all its absurdity and capacity for dehumanization (a theme Kubrick would continue to explore throughout his career) is assembled with its legendary director's customary precision, from its tense trench warfare sequences to its gripping courtroom climax to its ravaging final scene.
Original Release
10/25/1957
US Release
12/20/1957
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Ralph Meeker | Cpl. Philippe Paris |
Adolphe Menjou | Gen. George Broulard |
George Macready | Gen. Paul Mireau |
Wayne Morris | Lt. Roget / Lt. Roget/Singing man |
Richard Anderson | Maj. Saint-Auban |
Joe Turkel | Pvt. Pierre Arnaud |
Christiane Kubrick | German Singer |
Jerry Hausner | Proprietor of Cafe |
Peter Capell | Chief Judge of Court-Martial / Narrator of Opening Sequence |
Emile Meyer | Father Dupree |
Directors
Writers
Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham, Jim Thompson, Humphrey Cobb
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ralph Meeker | Cpl. Philippe Paris |
Adolphe Menjou | Gen. George Broulard |
George Macready | Gen. Paul Mireau |
Wayne Morris | Lt. Roget / Lt. Roget/Singing man |
Richard Anderson | Maj. Saint-Auban |
Joe Turkel | Pvt. Pierre Arnaud |
Christiane Kubrick | German Singer |
Jerry Hausner | Proprietor of Cafe |
Peter Capell | Chief Judge of Court-Martial / Narrator of Opening Sequence |
Emile Meyer | Father Dupree |
Bert Freed | Sgt. Boulanger |
Kem Dibbs | Pvt. Lejeune |
Timothy Carey | Pvt. Maurice Ferol |
Fred Bell | Shell-Shocked Soldier |
John Stein | Capt. Rousseau - Battery Commander / Capt. Rousseau |
Harold Benedict | Capt. Nichols - Artillery Spotter / Capt. Nichols |
Leon Briggs | Capt. Sancy |
Paul Bös | Maj. Gouderc |
Herbert Ellis | Small Role |
Wally Friedrichs | Col. De Guerville |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Stanley Kubrick | Executive Producer |
Kirk Douglas | Producer |
James B. Harris | Producer |
Stanley Kubrick | Producer |