The Red Ball Express (1952)
1h 23m
Running Time
May 29, 1952Release Date
The Red Ball Express (1952)
1h 23m
Running Time
May 29, 1952Release Date
Network & Production Companies
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Plot.
August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton's Third Army has advanced so far toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. To keep up the momentum, Allied HQ establishes an elite military truck route.
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Cast & Crew.
Jeff Chandler
Lt. Chick Campbell
Alex Nicol
Sgt. Red Kallek
Charles Drake
Pvt. Ronald Partridge / Narrator
Sidney Poitier
Robertson
Judith Braun
Joyce McClellan
Budd Boetticher
Director
Jacqueline Duval
Antoinette
John Michael Hayes
Writer
Bubber Johnson
Taffy
Marcy Klauber
Writer
Robert Davis
McCord
William Grady Jr.
Writer
Hugh O'Brian
Wilson
Frank Chase
Higgins
Aaron Rosenberg
Producer
Maury Gertsman
Cinematographer
Cindy Garner
Kitty
Gregg Palmer
Tank Lieutenant
John Hudson
Tank Sergeant
Jack Kelly
Heyman
Howard Petrie
General Gordon
Douglas Bank
Mechanic (uncredited)
George S. Patton
Self (archive footage)
Leslie I. Carey
Sound
Richard H. Riedel
Art Direction
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Edward Curtiss
Editor
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Bernard Herzbrun
Art Direction
Joan St. Oegger
Hairstylist
Oliver Emert
Set Decoration
Joseph Gershenson
Music Director
Joe Lapis
Sound
Frank S. Ross
Technical Advisor
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 29, 1952
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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Wiki.
Red Ball Express is a 1952 American World War II war film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Jeff Chandler and Alex Nicol, featuring early screen appearances by Sidney Poitier and Hugh O'Brian. The film is based on the Red Ball Express convoys that took place after the D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944.