War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his readers back in the States. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.
Burgess Meredith
as Ernie Pyle
Robert Mitchum
as Bill Walker
Freddie Steele
as Sgt. Steve Warnicki
Wally Cassell
as Pvt. Dondaro
Jimmy Lloyd
as Pvt. Spencer
John R. Reilly
as Pvt. Robert 'Wingless' Murphy
William Murphy
as Private Mew
Dorothy Coonan Wellman
as Nurse Lt. Elizabeth 'Red' Murphy (uncredited)
William Benedict
as Pvt. Whitey (uncredited)
Bob Hope
as Bob Hope (Voice on Radio Program) (voice) (uncredited)
Yolanda Lacca
as Amelia, Italian Girl (uncredited)
Tito Renaldo
as Lopez
