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Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.
William Hopper
- Pvt. Turner
- (as DeWolf Hopper)
Herbert Anderson
- Pvt. Casey
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaA statue of Father Francis Duffy stands in Times Square in New York City.
- GoofsAfter the fight in camp, one of the 69th soldiers referred to the Alabama boys as "Razorbacks" who are from Arkansas, but a young man from New York could have mixed that up.
- Quotes
Major 'Wild Bill' Donovan: I once thought this man was a coward.
Sergeant 'Big Mike' Wynn: A coward sir? From now on everytime I hear the name of Plunkett, I'll snap to attention and salute.
- Alternate versionsUp until 2004, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) had been showing an abbreviated 79-minute version of this film, with a different opening set of 13 cast credits and no end credits. The original 90-minute version has 17 end cast credits and was finally shown on TCM in 2004, although it was shown on its sister station, TNT, in the early 1990s. The IMDb cast order is based on the original movie.
- ConnectionsEdited into You're in the Army Now (1941)
- SoundtracksGarryowen
(uncredited)
Traditional Irish Jig
Played during the opening and end credits
Played by marching bands often
Featured review
When I first viewed "The Fighting 69th", I was probably 8 years old, around 1948 I'd say. It literally scared me out into the lobby more than once. At that age you're not ready for trench warfare that up close and personal. Being Irish, Catholic and a kinship with people named O'Brien, I have always liked this movie on many levels for a variety of reasons. I have watched this film many times over the years, including a "colorized" version, when they were in vogue. Now comes the definitive DVD copy of the film. I watched it again in all it's 42 inch LCD, near "Hi-Def", glory again recently. I was affected by it again but in an entirely different way. Basically the story is about bright, mostly full of pluck and good humor, young men who want to get this war over with and get home again. Now it could be viewed an "anti-war" movie in some ways. It also very much is like the young men,today, shedding blood in hell holes named Iraq and Afganistan. Quite a comparison. It hit home. I'm an older man and I cried and sniffled through the entire film, and I know the film! I didn't have any lobby to run out into. Bobsluckycat, in all his reviews, has tried to give you some out of the box appreciation for whatever film he reviews and this is no exception. Yes, the stars are all fine, but look to the mostly young supporting cast, many of whom would go off to WWII and come back having served proudly and heroically, and you'll see the meat of this film. William Lundigan, George Reeves, and many many others with a line or two here and there just outstanding and would go on to long acting careers post war. Gwinn "Big Boy" Williams, Frank McHugh, Dick Foran, Sammy Cohen among many of the "pros" doing superior work. Not one casting note rings false throughout. World War I does not play well in color, with the exception of John Fords' "What Price Glory" also starring Cagney, maybe. It's meant to be in black and white. Today, it's not the "rah,rah" picture it was made to be, but a stark reminder that war kills our youngest and brightest before they mature to fullness, just as today. In that light, It's one of the best war movies EVER made, period.
- bobsluckycat
- Jun 8, 2007
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- Also known as
- Regimiento heroico
- Filming locations
- Providencia Ranch, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(Camp Miles replica)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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