Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
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49% of users liked it
(1,309 ratings)
20th Century-Fox's 1943 filmization of Richard Tregaskis' best-selling book Guadalcanal Diary does full justice to the spare, lean prose of Tregaskis' eyewitness account. The incidents in the "diary" are tied together by an off-screen narrator into a cohesive storyline. The… More 20th Century-Fox's 1943 filmization of Richard Tregaskis' best-selling book Guadalcanal Diary does full justice to the spare, lean prose of Tregaskis' eyewitness account. The incidents in the "diary" are tied together by an off-screen narrator into a cohesive storyline. The principal characters in this wartime chronicle are marine sergeant Lloyd Nolan, chaplain Preston S. Foster, Mexican enlistee Anthony Quinn, and a Dodgers-lovin' Brooklynite, played by William Bendix. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Lewis Seiler
- Written By
- Lamar Trotti, Jerry Cady
- Genres
- Classics, Action & Adventure
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 27, 1943 Wide
- On DVD
- Nov 6, 2001
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
A typical, inspirational WWII Hollywood movie, a product of the times and pressures in which it was made.
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Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
is interesting for a glimpse at the Hollywood propaganda machine of WWII if not for any other reason
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Cast
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Preston S. Foster
as Father Donnelly
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Lloyd Nolan
as Sgt. Hook Malone
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William Bendix
as Taxi Potts
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Richard Conte
as Capt. Davis
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Anthony Quinn
as Jesus "Soose" Alvarez
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Richard Jaeckel
as Pvt. Johnny Anderson ("Chicken")
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Roy Roberts
as Capt. Cross
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Minor Watson
as Col. Grayson
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Ralph Byrd
as Ned Rowman
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Lionel Stander
as Butch
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Reed Hadley
as Correspondent
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John Archer
as Lt. Thurmond
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Eddie Acuff
as Tex McIlvoy
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Harry Carter
as Dispatch Officer
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Brian Robert Rose
as Sammy Kline
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Jack Luden
as Major
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Louis Hart
as Lieutenant
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Miles Mander
as Weatherby
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Selmar Jackson
as Col. Thompson
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Warren Ashe
as Col. Morton
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Walter Fenner
as Col. Roper
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Larry Thompson
as Chaplain
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Martin Black
as Marine
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Charles Lang
as Marine
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George Holmes
as Marine
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Russell Hoyt
as Marine
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Paul Fung
as Japanese Prisoner
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Allen Jung
as Japanese Officer
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Tom Dawson
as Captain
