Alan Hale, Dennis Morgan, Dick Foran
"The Fighting 69th" is a First World War regiment of mostly New York-Irish soldiers. Amongst a cocky crew, perhaps the cockiest is Jerry Plunkett, a scrappy fellow who looks out only for himself. The ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 24, 2007
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October 22, 2008This film is weird. Cagney is a brawler who becomes a coward in the face of war and gets half of his battalion killed. He finds religion, kills a bunch of Germans and redeems himself. It's Cagney so it's enjoyable, but you don't like his character and you never root for him. Very...( read more)
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April 27, 2008Cagney is as always wonderful to watch, adding a softness to the otherwise rough around the edges and rather cowardly character. It's rather predictability and jumbled plotline leaves his characters a little thinner developed than deserved, but Cagney makes up for that.
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July 4, 2007An absolutely fantastic film, while riding the slippery slope of being another propaganda film, this movie beams heart and substance all the way through.
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