Guadalcanal Diary

Oct 27, 1943

1h 33m

★ 5.6

The Victory picture of the year !

Overview

Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.

Genres

Action

War

Drama

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Guadalcanal Diary Trailers

Cast

Father Donnelly

Preston Foster

Sgt. Hook Malone

Lloyd Nolan

Corp. Taxi Potts

William Bendix

Capt. Davis

Richard Conte

Jesus ('Soose') Alverez

Anthony Quinn

Pvt. Johnny ('Chicken') Anderson

Richard Jaeckel

Capt. Jame Cross

Roy Roberts

Col Wallace E. Grayson

Minor Watson

Ned Rowman

Ralph Byrd

Sgt. Butch

Lionel Stander

War Correspondent/ Narrator

Reed Hadley

Lt. Thurmond

John Archer

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