Red Ball Express (1952)
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Red Ball Express deals with the little-known activities of the U.S. Army Transportation Corps during WW II. It so happened that many of the Corps' most courageous drivers were black men, who otherwise would have been denied an opportunity for combat duty. Sidney Poitier plays Corporal Andrew… More Red Ball Express deals with the little-known activities of the U.S. Army Transportation Corps during WW II. It so happened that many of the Corps' most courageous drivers were black men, who otherwise would have been denied an opportunity for combat duty. Sidney Poitier plays Corporal Andrew Robinson, who resents his second-class-citizen status and chafes at the orders issued by his white commanding officer Lt. Chick Campbell (Jeff Chandler). Meanwhile, Campbell has his own cross to bear in the form of relentlessly hostile sergeant Ernest Kalek (Alex Nicol). All differences are conveniently forgotten in the climactic euphoria of providing ammunition for General Patton's tanks during the Allied push to Paris in 1944. Considered just another war picture in 1952, Red Ball Express has since taken on added stature by virtue of the presence of actor Sidney Poitier and director Budd Boetticher. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Budd Boetticher
- Written By
- John Michael Hayes, Marcy Klauber, William Grady Jr.
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure
PG,
- In Theaters
- Aug 29, 1952 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Routine but solid old-fashioned WW II war story.
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Cast
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Jeff Chandler
as Lt. Chick Campbell
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Alex Nicol
as Sgt. Ernest Kalleck
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Charles Drake
as Pvt. Ronald Partridge
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Judith Braun
as Joyce McClellan
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Hugh O'Brian
as Pvt. Wilson
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Jacqueline Duval
as Antoinette DuBois
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Jack Kelly
as Pvt. John Heyman
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Cindy Garner
as Kitty Walsh
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Sidney Poitier
as Cpl. Andrew Robertson
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Howard Petrie
as Gen. Gordon
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John Hudson
as Tank Sergeant
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Frank Chase
as Higgins
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John M. Pickard
as Major
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Robert A. Davis
as Pvt. Dave McCord
- Richard Garland
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Gregg Palmer
as As Palmer Lee
- Jack Warden
