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Red Ball Express is a 1952 World War II war film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Jeff Chandler. The film is based on the real Red Ball Express convoys that took place after the D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944. The tag line for the movie is "From beachhead to battlefront! They carry the ammo for Patton's Tanks!"
Original Release
05/29/1952
US Release
05/29/1952
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jeff Chandler | Lt. Chick Campbell / Lt. Campbell |
Alex Nicol | Sgt. Red Kallek / Sgt. Kallek |
Charles Drake | Narrator / Pvt. Ronald Partridge / Partridge |
Judith Braun | Joyce McClellan / Joyce |
Sidney Poitier | Robertson / Cpl. Andrew Robertson |
Jacqueline Duval | Antoinette Dubois / Antoinette |
Bubber Johnson | Pvt. Taffy Smith / Taffy |
Davis Roberts | Pvt. Dave McCord |
Hugh O'Brian | Pvt. Wilson / Wilson |
Frank Chase | Pvt. Higgins / Higgins |
Directors
Writers
John Michael Hayes, Marcy Klauber, William Grady Jr.
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jeff Chandler | Lt. Chick Campbell / Lt. Campbell |
Alex Nicol | Sgt. Red Kallek / Sgt. Kallek |
Charles Drake | Narrator / Pvt. Ronald Partridge / Partridge |
Judith Braun | Joyce McClellan / Joyce |
Sidney Poitier | Robertson / Cpl. Andrew Robertson |
Jacqueline Duval | Antoinette Dubois / Antoinette |
Bubber Johnson | Pvt. Taffy Smith / Taffy |
Davis Roberts | Pvt. Dave McCord |
Hugh O'Brian | Pvt. Wilson / Wilson |
Frank Chase | Pvt. Higgins / Higgins |
Cindy Garner | Kitty Walsh / Kitty |
Gregg Palmer | Tank Lieutenant |
John Hudson | Tank Sergeant |
Jack Kelly | Heyman |
Howard Petrie | Maj. Gen. Lee Gordon / General Gordon |
Douglas Bank | Mechanic |
Nan Boardman | French Peasant Mother |
Eugene Borden | Dubois -- Antoinette's Father |
Forest Burns | Minor Role |
Sidney Clute | Military Police Captain |
Producers
Name | Role |
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John W. Rogers | Producer |
Aaron Rosenberg | Producer |