The fighting 69th / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. ; Jack L. Warner in charge of production ; a Warner Bros.-First National Picture ; executive producer, Hal B. Wallis ; associate producer, Louis F. Edelman ; original screen play by Norman Reilly Raine, Fred Niblo, Jr. and Dean Franklin ; directed by William Keighley.

The Fighting 69th" is a World War I regiment consisting mostly of New York-Irish soldiers. Jerry Plunkett is the cockiest member of a cocky crew. Jerry is a scrappy fellow who looks out only for himself. The officers and enlisted of the regiment do their best to instill discipline in Plunkett,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Deutsch, Adolph, 1897-1980 (Composer)
Contributors:	Keighley, William, 1889-1984 (Director), Warner, Jack L., 1892-1978 (Producer), Wallis, Hal B., 1899-1986 (Producer), Edelman, Louis F. (Producer), Raine, Norman Reilly, 1895-1971 (Screenwriter), Niblo, Fred, Jr., 1903-1973 (Screenwriter), Riesner, Dean, 1918-2002 (Screenwriter), Gaudio, Tony, 1885-1951 (Cinematographer), Marks, Owen (Film editor), Smith, Ted (Edward J.) (Artistic director), Lang, Charles, 1908-1956 (Sound designer), Haskin, Byron, 1899-1984 (Photographer), Wimpy, Rex (Photographer), Friedhofer, Hugo (Arranger), Forbstein, Leo F. (Musical director), Cagney, James, 1899-1986 (Actor), O'Brien, Pat, 1899-1983 (Actor), Brent, George, 1904-1979 (Actor), Lynn, Jeffrey, 1909-1995 (Actor), Hale, Alan, 1892-1950 (Actor), Foran, Dick, 1910-1979 (Actor), Lundigan, William, 1914-1975 (Actor), McHugh, Frank, 1898-1981 (Actor), Morgan, Dennis, 1908-1994 (Actor), Litel, John, 1892-1972 (Actor), Stephens, Harvey (Actor), Williams, Big Boy, 1900-1962 (Actor), O'Neill, Henry, 1891-1961 (Actor), Cohen, Sammy (Actor), Hopper, William, 1915-1970 (Actor), Dugan, Tom, 1889-1955 (Actor), Wilcox, Frank, 1907-1974 (Actor)
Corporate Contributors:	Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), First National Pictures, Inc., Turner Entertainment Co., Warner Bros. Entertainment., Warner Home Video (Firm)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. : Warner Bros. Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007]
Series:	James Cagney signature collection.
Subjects:	Duffy, Francis Patrick, > 1871-1932 > Drama. New York (State). > National Guard. > Infantry Regiment, 69th > Drama. United States. > Army. > Infantry Regiment, 165th > Drama. World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Western Front > Drama. World War, 1914-1918 > Trench warfare > Drama. Cowardice > Drama.
Local Note:	Emerson College: Gift of Charles L. Hoyt.

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Summary:	The Fighting 69th" is a World War I regiment consisting mostly of New York-Irish soldiers. Jerry Plunkett is the cockiest member of a cocky crew. Jerry is a scrappy fellow who looks out only for himself. The officers and enlisted of the regiment do their best to instill discipline in Plunkett, and the chaplain, Father Duffy, tries to make Plunkett see the greater good. None of them seem to succeed. In the trenches, Plunkett acts selfishly and cowardly, eventually costing the lives of many of his fellow soldiers. A final act of cowardice leads to terrible consequences, but Plunkett sees in them a chance to redeem himself.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1940. Also issued in a boxed set titled: James Cagney, the signature collection. Special features: Warner night at the movies 1940 ("Brother Orchid" theatrical trailer; Newsreel; "London can take it!" featurette; "Young America flies" featurette; "Pilgrim Porky" classic cartoon; "The fighting 69 1/2th" classic cartoon; "The fighting 69th" theatrical trailer); Lux Radio Theater broadcast (April 6, 1942) a radio adaption of the film, starring Pat O'Brien, Robert Preston and Ralph Bellamy.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 1.0 mono.; dual-layer.
Audience:	Not rated by MPAA.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Tony Gaudio ; film editor, Owen Marks ; art director, Ted Smith ; sound by Charles Lang ; special effects by Byron Haskin, Rex Wimpy ; music by Adolph Deutsch ; orchestral arrangements, Hugo Friedhofer ; musical director, Leo F. Forbstein.
ISBN:	1419848305 9781419848308 1419848321 9781419848322
Participant or Performer:	James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn, Alan Hale, Dick Foran, William Lundigan, Frank McHugh, Dennis Morgan, John Litel, Harvey Stephens, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Henry O'Neill, Sammy Cohen, DeWolf Hopper, Tom Dugan, Frank Wilcox.
Language:	In English with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned.

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