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During WWII, a strong-willed 12-year-old boy tries to steer his vocationally and maritally confused father straight, at the same time striving to keep his honor while the gang in his new neighborhood bully him.
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- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Kids
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Running time
1 h 5 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 war movies, −53 min on the typical 118
typical 11865Half of all war movies run 103–135 min.
Reach
Streams in 131 countries
+121
Released
1943
October 17, 1943
83 years ago
Genres
WarDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
12 people
Barton MacLaneJohn Tate
Bobby LarsonHenry Tate
Jan WileyAmy Tate
Charlotte WyntersMrs. Bailey- CBConrad BinyonSpike
Elizabeth ValentineMrs. Connors
Kenneth HarlanEddie Mohr- GAGeorge AndersonKraeger
- JKJack KennedyOfficer O'Toole
Frank EllisOld Timer (uncredited)
I. Stanford JolleyFriendly Soldier (uncredited)
Jack RockwellFireman (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- William Nigh Director
Writing · 3
- Ben Lithman Screenplay
- Lawrence Taylor Story
- Malvin Wald Story
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